Friday 1 May 2015

Using clinical practice variations to identify and prioritise opportunities for disinvestment

"Policy-makers could use geographical variation as a starting point to identify procedures where health technology reassessment or RCTs might be needed to inform policy. Commissioners can use benchmarking to identify procedures with high local use, possibly indicating overtreatment."

Using clinical practice variations as a method for commissioners and clinicians to identify and prioritise opportunities for disinvestment in health care: a cross-sectional study, systematic reviews and qualitative study
W Hollingworth, et al.
Health Services and Delivery Research, 2015, 3(13)

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