Importance Overuse of surgical procedures is increasing around the world and harms both
individuals and health care systems by using resources that could otherwise be allocated to …

Participants at a recent meeting of the Choosing Wisely International Roundtable, a forum
for campaign leaders to share ideas and develop common approaches, agreed on the need …

Low-value care, or patient care that provides no net benefit in specific clinical scenarios,
remains one of the most pressing problems in healthcare across the world—namely …

Background: Around the world, policies and interventions are used to encourage clinicians
to reduce low-value care. In order to facilitate this, we need a better understanding of the …

Objective To determine how frequently 10 low-value services highlighted by Choosing
Wisely are done and what factors influence their provision. Methods This is a retrospective …

BACKGROUND: Outcomes-based contracts (OBCs), a type of risk-sharing arrangement
(RSA), have emerged as a promising avenue for payers to engage with pharmaceutical …

Background The NHS England evidence-based interventions programme (EBI), launched in
April 2019, is a novel nationally led initiative to encourage disinvestment in low value care …

Background This is the tenth in a series of papers reporting a program of Sustainability in
Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) in a local healthcare setting. After …

Aim The aim was (1) to explore organizational factors influencing the use of low-value care
(LVC) as perceived by primary care physicians and (2) to explore which organizational …

Background As health care spending reaches unsustainable levels, improving value has
become an increasingly important policy priority. Relatively little research has explored …