Low-Value Care in Outpatient Care
What is the extent of unnecessary care that is provided to patients in Switzerland?
Factsheet
- Lead school School of Health Professions
- Institute(s) Institute of Health Economics and Health Policy
- Strategic thematic field Thematic field "Caring Society"
- Funding organisation SNSF
- Duration (planned) 01.03.2022 - 28.02.2026
- Project management Prof. Dr. Tobias Benjamin Müller
- Head of project Prof. Dr. Tobias Benjamin Müller
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Project staff
Prof. Dr. Tobias Benjamin Müller
Daniel Ammann
Aline Louise Obrist - Keywords Low-value care; overtreatment; outpatient sector
Situation
OECD estimates show that about 20% of healthcare spending is wasteful or even harmful. Patients often receive services with questionable medical benefits.
Course of action
As part of a large-scale literature search and guideline evaluation, we identify a catalog of services and treatments that are questionable from a medical point of view (low-value care). Based on this, we quantify the extent of overuse in the amublant area in Switzerland.
