Public target interventions to reduce the inappropriate use of medicines or medical procedures: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An epidemic of health disorders can be triggered by a collective manifestation of inappropriate behaviors, usually systematically fueled by non-medical factors at the individual and/or societal levels. This study aimed to (1) landscape and assess the evidence on interventions that reduce inappropriate demand of medical resources (medicines or procedures) by triggering behavioral change among healthcare consumers, (2) map out intervention components that have been tried and tested, and (3) identify the "active ingredients" of behavior change interventions that were proven to be effective in containing epidemics of inappropriate use of medical resources.

Methods

For this systematic review, we searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, and PsychINFO from the dat

SUBMITTER: Lin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7574316 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature