Improving patient decision-making in health care A 2012 Dartmouth Atlas report highlighting the east south central region
For patients whose conditions can be treated with elective surgery, location matters. In this Dartmouth Atlas report, the fifth 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 rep...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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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/alma991009820274706719 |
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 Methods
- References.