Creating a list of low-value health care activities in swiss primary care

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 640-642

  Selby, Kevin ^f   Gaspoz, Jean Michel ^a   Rodondi, Nicolas ^b   Neuner Jehle, Stefan ^c   Perrier, Arnaud ^d   Zeller, Andreas ^e   Cornuz, Jacques ^f  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SWISS; DELPHI STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; SWITZERLAND; TRENDS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84928191452     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.8111     Document Type: Article

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