Development, Functioning, and Effectiveness of a Preoperative Risk Assessment Clinic

• Main Authors: Hassan Tariq (Author), Rafeeq Ahmed (Author), Salil Kulkarni (Author), Sana Hanif (Author), Omesh Toolsie (Author), Hafsa Abbas (Author), Sridhar Chilimuri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Lee first described the concept of preoperative assessment testing (PAT) clinic in 1949. An efficiently run clinic is associated with increased cost-effectiveness by lowering preoperative admission time and thus reducing the length of stay and the associated costs. The setup of the PAT clinic should...