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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2021

Changing Health-Related Behaviors 2: On Improving the Value of Health Spending.

Karen Dickson, Robert Wilson, Owen Parfrey, Patrick S Parfrey

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Karen DicksonQuality of Care NL, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada.
Robert WilsonQuality of Care NL, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada.
Owen ParfreyQuality of Care NL, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada.
Patrick S ParfreyQuality of Care NL, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada. pparfrey@mun.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The quantity of health spending does not equate directly to the quality of healthcare. Social spending and nonmedical determinants of health impact on health outcomes. The value of health spending in the United States is limited by the high cost of goods and labor, and administrative costs, high use of low-level care, and lack of basic healthcare coverage in a substantial minority of the population. There are additional reasons for differences in the value of health spending as revealed by a comparison of Canada and Australia, where similar spending per capita results in better health system performance in Australia than in Canada. Within Canada, there are large differences between provinces in the value of health spending. Overutilization of health resources occurs when an intervention is not indicated, or of low value, or is provided at the wrong time. The Choosing Wisely Initiative is a solution for overutilization of low-value care. Recognition of the reality that effective treatments are often applied inconsistently and inappropriately has spurred the development of a science concerned with improvement of quality of care.

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Health ExpendituresMedical OveruseQuality of Health CareAustraliaCanadaHealth BehaviorHumansUnited StatesChoosing WiselyHealth outcomesHealth spendingHealth system performanceOverutilizationQuality of careSocial spendingUnderutilizationValue

Identifiers

PMID33871864

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