News tagged with inappropriate care


Study examines overuse of ambulatory health care services in US

An analysis of nationally representative survey data found significant improvement in the delivery of underused care, but more limited changes in the reduction of inappropriate care in ambulatory health care settings between ...

Health created Dec 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

No evidence that higher regional health care costs indicate inappropriate care, study shows

There is no solid evidence to support the widely held belief that regions of the United States that spend more on health care and have higher rates of health care use deliver more unnecessary care to patients, or that low-cost ...

Health created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Perception of inappropriate care frequent among ICU workers

A survey of nurses and physicians in intensive care units (ICUs) in Europe and Israel indicated that the perception of inappropriate care, such as excess intensity of care for a patient, was common, and that these perceptions ...

Other created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0