Quantifying low-value care: a patient-centric versus service-centric lens

BMJ Qual Saf. 2017 Oct;26(10):855-858. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-006678. Epub 2017 Aug 19.

Authors

Kelsey Chalmers^{1

2}, Sallie-Anne Pearson^{1

3}, Adam G Elshaug¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Health Market Quality, Capital Markets CRC Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Medicines Policy Research Unit, Centre for Big Data Research in Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 28842517
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-006678

No abstract available

Keywords: Clinical Practice Guidelines; Healthcare Quality Improvement; Quality Measurement.

MeSH terms

Arthroscopy
Colonoscopy
Humans
Low Back Pain / diagnostic imaging
Medical Overuse*
Osteoarthritis / surgery
Patient-Centered Care* / standards
Quality of Health Care*