Low-value MRI of the knee in Norway: a register-based study to identify the proportion of potentially low-value MRIs and estimate the related costs.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this study is to investigate the proportion of potentially low-value knee MRI in Norway and to provide an estimate of the related costs.

Design

Register study based on conditional data extraction and analysis of data from Control and Reimbursement of Healthcare Claims registry in Norway.

Setting

MRI in public specialist healthcare with universal health coverage (Norway).

Participants

48 212 MRIs for 41 456 unique patients and 45 946 reimbursement claims.

Outcome measures

Proportion of MRIs of the knee that (1) did not have a relevant tentative diagnosis prior to the knee MRI, (2) did not have a relevant alternative image of the knee before the MRI or (3) did not have a relevant code from the specialist care within 6 months aft

SUBMITTER: Hofmann B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10941154 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature