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Summary of Key Points Appropriate use criteria are developed to define which patients certain medical and surgical procedures are appropriate for and when the benefits sufficiently exceed the risks, thus making the procedure worth doing. The RAND Corporation/University of California…
Summary of Key Points Psychological distress and psychiatric disease have been shown to be predictors for poor surgical outcomes. The presence of a workers’ compensation claim is also a predictor for poor surgical outcomes. Preoperative evaluation should include identification of…