Expected Organizational Costs for Inserting Prevalence Information Into Lumbar Spine Imaging Reports.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Modifying physician behavior to more closely align with guideline-based care can be challenging. Few effective strategies resulting in appropriate spine-related health care have been reported. The Lumbar Imaging With Reporting of Epidemiology (LIRE) intervention did not result in reductions in spine care but did in opioid prescriptions written.

Objectives

To estimate organizational resource needs and costs associated with implementing a pragmatic, decision support-type intervention that inserted age- and modality-matched prevalence information for common lumbar spine imaging findings, using site-based resource use data from the LIRE trial.

Research design

Time and cost estimation associated with implementing the LIRE intervention in a health organization.

SUBMITTER: Bresnahan BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9674370 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature