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 MudumbaiPublished 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.