Improving patient decision-making in health care A 2012 Dartmouth Atlas report highlighting the south Atlantic region

This report, a collaborative project with the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, looks at the variation in surgical rates in 306 hospital referral regions across the United States (a hospital referral region is a large health care market containing at least one referral hospital). This...

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Otros Autores: Brownlee, Shannon, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lebanon, N.H. : The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice 2012.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009820274506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What This Report Is and How It Can Be Used
  • The Importance of Choice in Health Care
  • Variation in Preference-Sensitive Care
  • Early-Stage Breast Cancer
  • Stable Angina
  • Low Back Pain
  • Osteoarthritis of the Knee and Hip Joints
  • Carotid Artery Disease
  • Gallstones
  • Enlarged Prostate (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia)
  • Early-Stage Prostate Cancer: Screening and Treatment
  • Ensuring Patients Get the Care They Need and Want
  • Appendix on HRR Variation in Minnesota
  • Appendix on Methods
  • References.