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Frequency and costs of low-value preoperative tests for patients undergoing low-risk procedures in the veterans health administration.

Alex H S HarrisThomas BoweRobin N KamalErika D SearsMary HawnDan EisenbergAndrea K FinlayHildi J HagedornSeshadri Mudumbai
Published in: Perioperative medicine (London, England) (2022)
Routine preoperative screening tests for very low-risk procedures are common and costly in some VA facilities. These results highlight a potential target to improve quality and value by reducing unnecessary care. Measures of low-value perioperative care could be integrated into VA's extensive quality monitoring and improvement infrastructure.
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