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HCFO Grantee Featured in NEJM Perspective Roundtable on Low-Value Care

Publication Date: 
April 3, 2014

HCFO grantee Carrie Colla, Ph.D., Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at the Geisel Medical School, was featured in a New England Journal of Medicine Perspective Roundtable [1] on low-value care, moderated by Atul Gawande, M.D. Colla’s HCFO-funded study [2] examined the prevalence, variation, and correlates of overuse of low-value services, as designated by the Choosing Wisely [3] initiative.

Topic: 
Consumer Behavior [4]
Costs and Cost Containment [5]
Organization and Supply of Care [6]
Provider Payment and Behavior [7]
Quality of Care [8]
Source URL: http://www.hcfo.org/news/hcfo-grantee-featured-nejm-perspective-roundtable-low-value-care

Links:
[1] http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1401245
[2] http://www.hcfo.org/grants/examining-choosing-wisely-list-tests-and-treatments-uncertain-or-low-value-way-reduce-waste-u
[3] http://www.choosingwisely.org/
[4] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/consumer-behavior
[5] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/costs-and-cost-containment
[6] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/organization-and-supply-care
[7] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/provider-payment-and-behavior
[8] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/quality-care