Quantifying low-value care: A patient-centric versus servicecentric lens

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 855-858

  Chalmers, Kelsey ^a,b   Pearson, Sallie Anne ^a,c   Elshaug, Adam G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Capital Markets CRC Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 85032513007     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-006678     Document Type: Note

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