29.07.2020 | Concise Research Report
Waste in the Medicare Program: a National Cross-Sectional Analysis of 2017 Low-Value Service Use and Spending
verfasst von:
Rachel O. Reid, MD, MS, John N. Mafi, MD, MPH, Lesley H. Baseman, B.A., A. Mark Fendrick, MD, Cheryl L. Damberg, PhD
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 8/2021
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Excerpt
Low-value health care services offer patients little to no clinical benefit, increase spending, and may cause patient harm. The Choosing Wisely® campaign and other efforts to reduce health care spending have focused attention on reducing waste since low-value services were last cumulatively assessed in Medicare in 2009.
1 Other studies have addressed different populations or explored predictors of low-value service use and spending.
2‐6 In this analysis, we provide updated national estimates of low-value service use and spending in Medicare in 2017. …