Measuring Hospital-Acquired Complications Associated With Low-Value Care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Studies of low-value care have focused on the prevalence of low-value care interventions but have rarely quantified downstream consequences of these interventions for patients or the health care system.

Objective

To measure immediate in-hospital harm associated with 7 low-value procedures.

Design, setting, and participants

A cohort study with a descriptive analysis using hospital admission data from 225 public hospitals in New South Wales, Australia, was conducted from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2017. All 9330 episodes involving 1 of 7 low-value procedures were evaluated, including endoscopy for dyspepsia in people younger than 55 years (3689 episodes); knee arthroscopy for osteoarthritis or meniscal tears (3963 episodes); colonoscopy for constipation in peo

SUBMITTER: Badgery-Parker T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6450303 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature