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3 June 2022

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Identifying and prioritizing do-not-do recommendations in Dutch primary care

Low-value care provides minimal or no benefit for the patient, wastes resources, and can cause harm. Explicit do-not-...

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22 March 2022

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Low-value pharmaceutical care among Dutch GPs: a retrospective cohort study

The prevalence of three types of pharmaceutical care prescribed by GPs between 2016 and 2019 were examined: topical a...

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9 September 2021

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Effectiveness of interventions aiming to reduce inappropriate drug prescribing: an overview of interventions

Inappropriate prescribing of drugs is associated with unnecessary harms for patients and healthcare costs. Interventi...

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9 September 2021

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Key Factors that Promote Low-Value Care: Views of Experts From the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands

Around the world, policies and interventions are used to encourage clinicians to reduce low- value care. In order to ...

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18 May 2021

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Overuse of diagnostic testing in healthcare: a systematic review

Overuse of diagnostic testing substantially contributes to healthcare expenses and potentially exposes patients to un...

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28 April 2021

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E-learning avoids gastroscopy in patients with stomach complaints

Many patients with stomach complaints who are referred for a gastroscopy actually do not need that unpleasant examina...

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26 April 2021

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To do or not to do? is nominated for the VBHC Price 2021

What an exciting news! We created a short video for this occasion.

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16 November 2020

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Barriers and facilitators to reduce low-value care: a qualitative evidence synthesis

This study provides in-depth insight into the factors within the different (sub)categories that are important in redu...

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10 June 2020

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Identifying and de-implementing low-value care in primary care: the GP’s perspective

General practitioners have an important role in reducing low-value care as gatekeepers of the health system. The aim ...

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