Surgical specialty and preoperative medical consultation based on commercial health insurance claims
Abstract Background Surgical patients are sometimes referred for preoperative evaluations by consultants in other medical specialties, although consultations are unnecessary for many patients, particularly for healthy patients undergoing low-risk surgeries. Surgical specialty has been shown to predi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-05-01
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| Series: | Perioperative Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13741-018-0089-4 |