title: Routine preoperative testing: unnecessary and costly.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Root
authors.forename: Margarita M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Pate
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017048:Health Care Costs; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*