Factors Associated With Overuse of Health Care Within US Health Systems: A Cross-sectional Analysis of Medicare Beneficiaries From 2016 to 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Overuse of health care is a pervasive threat to patients that requires measurement to inform the development of interventions.

Objective

To measure low-value health care use within health systems in the US and explore features of the health systems associated with low-value care delivery.

Design setting and participants

In this cross-sectional analysis, we identified occurrences of 17 low-value services in 3745 hospitals and affiliated outpatient sites. Hospitals were linked to 676 health systems in the US using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Compendium of Health Systems. The participants were 100% of Medicare beneficiaries with claims from 2016 to 2018.

Exposures

We identified occurrences of 17 low-value services in 3839 hospi

SUBMITTER: Segal JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8903118 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature