Overuse and systems of care: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current health care reform efforts are focused on reorganizing health care systems to reduce waste in the US health care system.

Objective

To compare rates of overuse in different health care systems and examine whether certain systems of care or insurers have lower rates of overuse of health care services.

Data sources

Articles published in MEDLINE between 1978, the year of publication of the first framework to measure quality, and June 21, 2012.

Study selection

Included studies compared rates of overuse of procedures, diagnostic tests, or medications in at least 2 systems of care.

Data extraction

Four reviewers screened titles; 2 reviewers screened abstracts and full articles and extracted data.

Results

We identified 7 studies which c

SUBMITTER: Keyhani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3839568 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature