Efficacy and financial benefit of an anesthesiologist-directed university preadmission evaluation center

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-305

  Starsnic, Mary Ann ^a   Guarnieri, David M ^a   Norris, Mark C ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost reduction; Cost effectiveness; Preadmission evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030915251     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(97)00007-X     Document Type: Article

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