TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Potential avoidable costs of low-value clinical practices in acute injury care in an integrated Canadian provincial trauma system
JO  - JAMA surgery
A1  - Conombo, Blanchard
A1  - Guertin, Jason R.
A1  - Hoch, Jeffrey S.
A1  - Lauzier, François
A1  - Turgeon, Alexis F.
A1  - Stelfox, Henry T.
A1  - Moore, Lynne
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2168-6254
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2023.2510
ID  - ref1
ER  -