
Reducing Overuse
Cambridge University Press
Published on 2. February 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
54 pages
978-1-009-31068-0 (ISBN)
Description
Overuse has become a major issue of healthcare quality, safety, and sustainability around the world. In this Element, the authors discuss concepts, terminology, and the history of concerns. They show how interventions to address overuse target multiple drivers. They highlight successes and promising approaches, but also challenges in generating and using evidence about overuse. They emphasise that different stakeholder perceptions of value must be recognised. System-level efforts to restrict access to services have created tensions between stakeholder groups and stimulated politicised debates about rationing. They argue for clear articulation of priorities, problem definition, mechanisms for interventions, and areas of uncertainty. Policy-makers should prioritise transparency, be alert to inequalities as they seek to reduce overuse, and consider how to balance controlling use with enabling clinicians to respond to individual circumstances. The complexity of the drivers and possible solutions to overuse require the use of multiple research methods, including social science studies. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
86 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-009-31068-0 (9781009310680)
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Caroline Cupit | Carolyn Tarrant | Natalie Armstrong
Reducing Overuse
E-Book
02/2023
Cambridge University Press
€22.49
Available for download

Caroline Cupit | Carolyn Tarrant | Natalie Armstrong
Reducing Overuse
E-Book
01/2023
Cambridge University Press
€22.49
Available for download
Persons
Author
University of Leicester
University of Leicester
University of Leicester
Content
1. Introduction; 2. What is Overuse?; 3. Understanding Overuse; 4. Efforts to Address Overuse; 5. Critiques of Approaches to Addressing Overuse; 6. Conclusions; 7. Further Reading; Contributors; References.