Aleksi Raudasoja, Kari A O Tikkinen, Benedetta Bellini, Eliana Ben-Sheleg, Moriah E Ellen, Paolo Francesconi, Muaad Hussien, Yuki Kaji, Eleni Karlafti, Shunzo Koizumi, Emir Ouahrani, Muna Paier-Abuzahra, Christos Savopoulos, Ulrike Spary-Kainz, Jorma Komulainen, Raija Sipilä
BACKGROUND: Healthcare costs are rising worldwide. At the same time, a considerable proportion of care does not benefit or may even be harmful to patients. We aimed to explore attitudes towards low-value care and identify the most important barriers to the de-implementation of low-value care use in primary care in high-income countries. METHODS: Between May and June 2022, we email surveyed primary care physicians in six high-income countries (Austria, Finland, Greece, Italy, Japan, and Sweden)...
May 9, 2024: BMC Prim Care