In search of professional consensus in defining and reducing low-value care

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 179-181.e1

  Scott, Ian A ^a,b   Duckett, Stephen J ^c  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Grattan Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HYSTERECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84939436780     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.01664     Document Type: Article

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