Preadmission helps patients, budgets and surgeons

The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com Article first published online: 15 APR 2003Discusses the importance of using preadmission clinics to facilitate the screening of patients in advance of their elective surgical admission. Benefits of the use of preadmission clinics for patients and surgeons; Conduct of discharge planning; Requirement of strong anesthetic input for the introduction of successful preadmission clinics.Guy Madder