Does Following Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation Guidelines Increase Perioperative Costs?

Affiliations

• ¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• ² Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• ³ Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• ⁴ Cardiovascular Division, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
• ⁵ Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁶ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁷ Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.