Entry Date | 2023-12-28 |
Source | Badgery-Parker T, Pearson SA, Chalmers K, et al. Low-value care in Australian public hospitals: prevalence and trends over time. BMJ Qual Saf. Published online August 6, 2018:bmjqs-2018-008338. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008338 |
Link | Link |
Source Type | Empirical study |
Domain | Groups |
Subdomain1 | Patients |
Subdomain2 | Value based healthcare |
Key Points | A study in Australian hospitals that between 11 and 19% of episodes of care (using 2 definitions) were considered to be of low value and that these invoked between 7 an 14.7% of total costs |
Citns | 87 |