What works for and what hinders deimplementation of low-value care in emergency medicine practice? A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Low-value care can harm patients and healthcare systems. Despite a decade of global endeavours, low value care has persisted. Identification of barriers and enablers is essential for effective deimplementation of low-value care. This scoping review is an evidence summary of barriers, enablers and features of effective interventions for deimplementation of low-value care in emergency medicine practice worldwide.

Design

A mixed-methods scoping review was conducted using the Arksey and O'Malley framework.

Data sources

Medline, CINAHL, Embase, EMCare, Scopus and grey literature were searched from inception to 5 December 2022.

Eligibility criteria

Primary studies which employed qualitative, quantitative or mixed-methods approaches to explore deimplementat

SUBMITTER: Gangathimmaiah V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10649718 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature