Association of Low-Value Testing With Subsequent Health Care Use and Clinical Outcomes Among Low-risk Primary Care Outpatients Undergoing an Annual Health Examination.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The association of low-value testing with downstream care and clinical outcomes among primary care outpatients is unknown to date.

Objective

To assess the association of low-value testing with subsequent care among low-risk primary care outpatients undergoing an annual health examination (AHE).

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based retrospective cohort study used administrative health care claims from Ontario, Canada, for primary care outpatients undergoing an AHE between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2016, to identify individuals who could be placed into one (or more) of the following 3 cohorts: adult patients (18 years or older) at low risk for cardiovascular and pulmonary disease, adult patients at low risk for cardiovascular disease, an

SUBMITTER: Bouck Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7281357 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature