Improving patient decision-making in health care : A 2012 Dartmouth Atlas report highlighting the mountain states

Improving patient decision-making in health care A 2012 Dartmouth Atlas report highlighting the mountain states

For patients whose conditions can be treated with elective surgery, location matters. In this Dartmouth Atlas report, the eighth in a series of nine U.S. regional reports, we show the wide regional variation in the likelihood that patients with similar conditions receive elective procedures. This re...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Brownlee, Shannon, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lebanon, N.H. : The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice 2012.
Subjects:
Clinical medicine > Decision making.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009820274606719
Table of Contents:
  • 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 Methods
  • References.

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