Assessing social values for California's efforts to reduce the overuse of unnecessary medical care
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Assessing social values for California's efforts to reduce the overuse of unnecessary medical care
BACKGROUND A partnership of large health-care purchasers created a workgroup to reduce the overuse of harmful and wasteful medical care in California. OBJECTIVE Employ a civic engagement process to identify the social values important to the public in considering different strategies to reduce overuse. INTERVENTION Use of deliberation techniques for 3 case examples that explore possible str...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Expectations
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1369-6513
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12644