Guidelines for preoperative assessment: Impact on clinical practice and costs

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 323-329

  Ferrando, Alberto ^a   Ivaldi, Cristiana ^a   Buttiglieri, Alessandro ^b   Pagano, Eva ^a   Bonetto, Chiara ^b   Arione, Roberto ^b   Scaglione, Luca ^a   Gelormino, Elena ^a   Merletti, Franco ^a   Ciccone, Giovannino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaesthesiology; ASA classification; Cost and cost analysis; Hospital economics; Practice guidelines; Preoperative tests

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 27244455875     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzi039     Document Type: Article

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