Hot Spotting as a Strategy to Identify High-Cost Surgical Populations

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of “hot spotting” in elective surgical populations. Background: Prospective identification of high-cost patients, known as “hot spotting,” is well developed in medical populations, but has not been performed in surgical populations. Population-based management of surgical expenditures requires identification of high-cost surgical patients to allow for effective implementation of...