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- Title
Development, Functioning, and Effectiveness of a Preoperative Risk Assessment Clinic.
- Authors
Tariq, Hassan; Ahmed, Rafeeq; Kulkarni, Salil; Hanif, Sana; Toolsie, Omesh; Abbas, Hafsa; Chilimuri, Sridhar
- Abstract
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 be based on the needs, culture, and resources of the institution. Various models for the setup of PAT clinic have been described, including the concept of a perioperative surgical home, which is a patient-centered model designed to improve health and the delivery of health care and to reduce the cost of care. Although there are several constraints in the development of PAT clinics, with increasing awareness about the usefulness of pre-operative risk assessments, growing bodies of literature, and evidence-based guidelines, these clinics are becoming a medical necessity for the improvement of perioperative care.
- Subjects
EVALUATION of medical care; ANESTHESIOLOGISTS; CLINICS; COST effectiveness; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; HOSPITALS; OUTPATIENT services in hospitals; PREOPERATIVE care; RISK assessment; HOSPITALISTS
- Publication
Health Services Insights, 2016, Vol 9, Issue Suppl.1, p1
- ISSN
1178-6329
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4137/HSI.S40540