OBJECTIVE To develop and apply a novel method for scanning a range of sources to identify existing health care services (excluding pharmaceuticals) that have questionable benefit, and produce a list of services that warrant further investigation. DESIGN AND SETTING A multiplatform approach to identifying services listed on the Australian Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS; fee-for-service) that ...

Correspondence to Dr R Eleanor Anderson; [email protected] Palliative care is the active improvement in quality of life and relief of suffering for patients with incurable disease. Despite being recognised as a human right by the WHO, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 4 there are s...

BACKGROUND Disinvesting in low-value health care services provides opportunities for investment in higher value care and thus an increase in health care efficiency. OBJECTIVES To identify international experience with disinvestment initiatives and to review empirical analyses of disinvestment initiatives. METHODS We performed a literature search using the PubMed database to identify interna...