Document Type : Correspondence
Authors
1 Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ healthcare, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2 Institute for Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
3 University of California Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Keywords
Six commentaries have been published in reaction to our article “Key Factors That Promote Low-Value Care: Views From Experts From the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands”.1 In our original article, we have interviewed de-implementation experts in Canada, the United States and the Netherlands. We identified key national-level factors affecting the use of low-value care in those countries. The authors of the six commentaries have added valuable remarks to our key factors and mentioned several other factors that might play a role in stimulating low-value care. This is helpful in showing the complexity of reducing low-value care. There are recommendations to reduce low-value care across many countries, however these are challenging to implement. ...(Read more...)
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