TY - JOUR AU - Seidel, Judy E. AU - Beck, Cynthia A. AU - Pocobelli, Gaia AU - Lemaire, Jane B. AU - Bugar, Jennifer M. AU - Quan, Hude AU - Ghali, William A. PY - 2006 DA - 2006/12/01 TI - Location of residence associated with the likelihood of patient visit to the preoperative assessment clinic JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 13 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Outpatient preoperative assessment clinics were developed to provide an efficient assessment of surgical patients prior to surgery, and have demonstrated benefits to patients and the health care system. However, the centralization of preoperative assessment clinics may introduce geographical barriers to utilization that are dependent on where a patient lives with respect to the location of the preoperative assessment clinic. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-6-13 DO - 10.1186/1472-6963-6-13 ID - Seidel2006 ER -