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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1139-1140
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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See also page 1136.

DR CLINTON E. BAISDEN (Temple, TX): We have a similar situation in Temple, Texas, in that about a third of our patients come from our immediate surrounding area, about a third of them come from the rest of Texas, and about a third from the southwest United States. It is unreasonable to have patients who are 70 to 80 years old get up in the middle of the night and drive 2 or 3 hours for admission.

One thing that we have done is to buy a motel that is just a block away from the hospital. I encourage my patients to go there and spend the night. It costs them about $45. They get room service, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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