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Defining, measuring, and reducing low-value care – proposing a new comprehensive definition and framework

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Despite intensified efforts to address waste and inefficiencies in healthcare in the last decade, the ability of health systems in Europe to identify and reduce low-value care varies. Through the EU Expert Group on Health System Performance Assessment’s work, a new comprehensive definition was proposed and a framework to distinguish different types of low-value care was developed as a basis for identifying and tackling low-value care in EU Member States. Indicators to measure low-value care as well as measures to reduce it were collected. This presentation will provide a brief introduction on the definition, framework, obstacles and solutions for reducing the use of low-value care in Europe. Speakers/Panelists Reinhard Busse Berlin University of Technology, Berlin, Germany Isabel de La Mata DG SANTE, European Commission, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Pacal Meeus Institut National d’assurance Maladie-Invalidité, Brussels, Belgium Ingrid Schmidt National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden

Source: European Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.819

Authors: K Achstetter, V Steinbeck, D Panteli, R Busse

Institutions: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Technische Universität Berlin

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare cost, quality, practices

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,199