Population
Patients receiving inpatient surgical care
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Other
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Minor perioperative cost share warrants no practice change; leaves open downstream effects on total hospitalization costs.
Anesthesia accounts for a small fraction (5.6%) of total perioperative costs, highlighting the need to study its downstream effects on overall hospitalization costs.
Macario et al. (1995) studied this question.
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