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Interventions Aimed at Reducing Use of Low-Value Health Services: A Systematic Review
Abstract
The effectiveness of different types of interventions to reduce low-value care has been insufficiently summarized to allow for translation to practice. This article systematically reviews the literature on the effectiveness of interventions to reduce low-value care and the quality of those studies. We found that multicomponent interventions addressing both patient and clinician roles in overuse have the greatest potential to reduce low-value care. Clinical decision support and performance feedback are promising strategies with a solid evidence base, and provider education yields changes by itself and when paired with other strategies. Further research is needed on the effectiveness of pay-for-performance, insurer restrictions, and risk-sharing contracts to reduce use of low-value care. While the literature reveals important evidence on strategies used to reduce low-value care, meaningful gaps persist. More experimentation, paired with rigorous evaluation and publication, is needed.
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- Authors
- Colla, C. H., Mainor, A. J., Hargreaves, C., Sequist, T., & Morden, N.
- Venue
- Medical Care Research and Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2016-07-08
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 507-550
- ISSN
- 1077-5587 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-6801
- OpenAlex
- W2461030672
- Cited by
- 357
- References
- 160
- FWCI
- 5.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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