Erratum to: Choosing Wisely: Prevalence and Correlates of Low-Value Health Care Services in the United States (Journal of General Internal Medicine, DOI:10.1007/s11606-014-3070-z);Choosing Wisely: Prevalence and Correlates of Low-Value Health Care Services in the United States

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 221-228

  Colla, Carrie H ^a,b   Morden, Nancy E ^a,b,c   Sequist, Thomas D ^d,e,f   Schpero, William L ^a   Rosenthal, Meredith B ^g  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic variation; Low value care; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHOOSING WISELY LOW VALUE SERVICE; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; MIGRAINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; AGED; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925498038     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3420-5     Document Type: Erratum

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