Patient, provider, and system-level factors associated with preoperative cardiac testing: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Overuse of preoperative cardiac testing contributes to high healthcare costs and delayed surgeries. A large body of research has evaluated factors associated with variation in preoperative cardiac testing. However, patient, provider, and system-level factors associated with variation in testing have not been systematically studied.

Objective

To conduct a systematic review to better delineate the patient, provider, and system-level factors associated with variation in preoperative cardiac testing.

Methods

We included studies of an adult US population evaluating a patient, provider, or system-level factor associated with variation in preoperative cardiac testing for noncardiac surgery since 2012. Our search strategy used terms related to preoperative testing,

SUBMITTER: Ellenbogen MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10877614 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature