Implementation of a top five list to identify medical overuse in general practice according to patients' viewpoint in 2019 in France.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a current trend to reassess the adequacy of care. Establishing top five lists by involving patients is one way to address medical overuse. The objective of this study was to establish a patients' top five list in general practice in France. The secondary objective was to identify selection criteria.

Method

Patients from the web-based cohort GrippeNet.fr were invited to establish their top five list from 15 care procedures previously selected by general practitioners on the basis of medical overuse. The care procedures were presented on a web-interface with guides written with the help of a patient association. A questionnaire was used to explore factors that may have influenced the choices of the participants.

Results

In total, 691 patients establi

SUBMITTER: Hazard A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8235619 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature