Toward a sustainable and wise healthcare approach: potential contributions from hospital Internal Medicine Departments to reducing inappropriate medical spending

Toward a sustainable and wise healthcare approach: potential contributions from hospital Internal Medicine Departments to reducing inappropriate medical spending

All countries are facing the question of how to maintain quality of care with shrinking health budgets, in the presence of a persistent increase in life expectancy, and with a significant growing demand for health care from aging populations and chronically ill patients. Current implementation of le...

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Main Authors: Roberto Nardi, Franco Berti, Leonardo M. Fabbri, Giuseppe Di Pasquale, Ido Iori, Giovanni Mathieu, Giorgio Vescovo, Andrea Fontanella, Antonino Mazzone, Mauro Campanini, Carlo Nozzoli, Dario Manfellotto, on behalf of the FADOI and their Friends in the FFA Project Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-04-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
appropriateness, defensive, sustainable, wise, frugal medicine, unnecessary procedures, inappropriate prescribing, waste in health care, clinical judgment, spending review in Hospital Internal Medicine wards.
Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/158

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