Exploring variation in low-value care: a multilevel modelling study.

Tim Badgery-ParkerYingyu FengSallie-Anne PearsonJean-Frederic LevesqueSusan DunnAdam G Elshaug

Published in: BMC health services research (2019)

Investigations into the causes of low-value care and initiatives to reduce low-value care might best be targeted at the hospital level, as the high variation at this level suggests the greatest potential to reduce low-value care.

Keyphrases

healthcare
quality improvement
palliative care
pain management
affordable care act
emergency department
risk assessment
drug delivery
electronic health record
human health