TY - JOUR
T1 - Curbing the Urge to Image
AU - Litkowski, Patricia E.
AU - Smetana, Gerald W.
AU - Zeidel, Mark L.
AU - Blanchard, Melvin S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Health care costs in the US have grown rapidly over the past several decades. As a result, there has been increasing interest in strategies to contain health care costs, without sacrificing the quality of medical care. While many factors contribute to rising costs, one major contributor to health care expenditure is diagnostic imaging. In this article, we address the growth of diagnostic imaging, the financial and clinical adverse effects of over-utilization, and discuss a variety of strategies to encourage appropriate use of diagnostic testing.
AB - Health care costs in the US have grown rapidly over the past several decades. As a result, there has been increasing interest in strategies to contain health care costs, without sacrificing the quality of medical care. While many factors contribute to rising costs, one major contributor to health care expenditure is diagnostic imaging. In this article, we address the growth of diagnostic imaging, the financial and clinical adverse effects of over-utilization, and discuss a variety of strategies to encourage appropriate use of diagnostic testing.
KW - Diagnostic tests
KW - Health care costs
KW - Health care policy
KW - High value care
KW - Imaging
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84990060426&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.06.020
DO - 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.06.020
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 27421918
AN - SCOPUS:84990060426
SN - 0002-9343
VL - 129
SP - 1131
EP - 1135
JO - American Journal of Medicine
JF - American Journal of Medicine
IS - 10
ER -