Choosing Wisely should bring the cost of unnecessary care back into the discussion

BMJ Qual Saf. 2017 Sep;26(9):775-776. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-006483. Epub 2017 May 24.

Authors

Margje H Haverkamp¹, Maxime Cauterman², Gert P Westert³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Direction Generale de l'Offre de Soins, Ministere des Affaires sociales et de la Sante, 14, avenue Duquesne, Paris, France.
³ Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Scientific Center for Quality of Healthcare (IQ healthcare), Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 28539505
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-006483

No abstract available

Keywords: Cost-effectiveness; Health policy; Healthcare quality improvement.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Costs and Cost Analysis
Humans
Medical Overuse*
Unnecessary Procedures*