Leveraging the perioperative period to improve population health

Abstract Although surgical care has become safer, cheaper, and more efficient, it has only a modest impact on the overall health of society, which is driven primarily by health behaviors such as smoking, alcohol use, poor diet, and physical inactivity. Given the ubiquity of surgical care in the popu...

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Main Authors: Ryan Howard, Michael Englesbe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-06-01
Series:Perioperative Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13741-023-00311-5