TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe value of low-value lists
AU  - Elshaug AG,  McWilliams J, Landon BE
Y1  - 2013/02/27
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2013.828
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 775
EP  - 776
VL  - 309
IS  - 8
N2  - 
England's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) commenced a formal agenda in this area in 2005.1 The most recent initiative garnering attention is Choosing Wisely, a US campaign led by the ABIM Foundation.2 Other countries are implementing similar approaches.3 A major challenge faced by these initiatives has been how to identify and prioritize candidate services for consideration in a reasoned and transparent manner. Today, several lists compiled by prominent organizations have identified numerous services as potentially low value in certain clinical circumstances (eTable).1- 3 The challenge facing payers and health care service providers such as physicians and hospitals is to develop and implement strategies to reduce the use of services that are identified in these lists, many of which are discretionary, if not potentially harmful.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.828
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2013.828
ER  -