@article{ref1,
title="Potential avoidable costs of low-value clinical practices in acute injury care in an integrated Canadian provincial trauma system",
journal="JAMA surgery",
year="2023",
author="Conombo, Blanchard and Guertin, Jason R. and Hoch, Jeffrey S. and Lauzier, François and Turgeon, Alexis F. and Stelfox, Henry T. and Moore, Lynne",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="In 2013, an estimated $270 billion was wasted on excess health care services in the US.1 Given the need to make rapid decisions between multiple diagnostic and therapeutic options, trauma care is a high-risk setting for low-value practices (LVPs), defined as tests or treatments not supported by evidence or that expose patients to unnecessary harm.2 A consensus-based list of 16 LVPs for trauma care was recently published.3 Studies have estimated spending associated with such services among individuals with fee-for-service Medicare at about US $50 000 per 1000 admissions.4,5 However, there is a knowledge gap on this burden for trauma admissions. We estimated direct health care costs associated with LVPs in acute trauma care from a Canadian provincial health system.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2168-6254",
doi="10.1001/jamasurg.2023.2510",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2023.2510"
}