Low-value care harms patients, overburdens healthcare professionals, threatens healthcare systems and damages the climate. How to Reduce Overuse in Healthcare: a practical guide is designed to provide practical guidance and tools for healthcare providers, their professional societies and policy makers developing programs to de-implement low-value or unnecessary care. This guide provides a five-step evidence and theory-based framework for developing and evaluating programs such as Choosing Wisely to reduce low-value care and improve patient outcomes.

How to Reduce Overuse in Healthcare: a practical guide readers will also find:

An author team involved in the leading Choosing Wisely international network
Detailed analysis of how to identify potential low-value care areas, select interventions and more
Practical, real-world examples at the end of each chapter illustrating examples of overuse and de-implementation

How to Reduce Overuse in Healthcare: a practical guide describes the state of the art in de-implementation for healthcare professionals, healthcare administrators and policy makers looking to reduce low-value care in a more effective and evidence-based way.

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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Preface
CHAPTER 1: Why Should We Reduce Medical Overuse?
CHAPTER 2: Why Does Overuse Exist?
CHAPTER 3: Why Is It So Hard to Change Behaviour and How Can We Influence It?
CHAPTER 4: How Can We Reduce Overuse: The Choosing Wisely De‐Implementation Framework
CHAPTER 5: How Can You Engage Patients in De‐Implementation Activities?
CHAPTER 6: Identifying Potential Areas of Low‐Value Healthcare‐Phase 0
CHAPTER 7: Measuring Low‐Value Care and Choosing Your Local Priority (Phase 1)
CHAPTER 8: Identifying Target Behaviours and Potential Barriers to Change (Phase 2a)
CHAPTER 9: Selecting De‐Implementation Strategies and Designing Interventions: Phase 2b
CHAPTER 10: Evaluating De‐Implementation Interventions: Phase 3
CHAPTER 11: Preserving Results and Spreading Interventions: Phase 4
CHAPTER 12: Training the Next Generation of Healthcare Providers to Address Overuse and Avoid Low‐Value Care
CHAPTER 13: Examples from Clinical Practice
CHAPTER 14: Starting Tomorrow
Index
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