Pearson SA
ORCID: 0000-0001-7137-6855
· 4 papers in corpus
observational
2021
IMPORTANCE: Low-value services have limited or no benefit to patients. Rates of low-value service in public hospitals may vary by patient insurance status, given that there may be different financial incentives for treatment of privately in…
observational
2020
BACKGROUND: Rates of low-value care vary between hospitals in New South Wales, Australia. Understanding factors associated with this variation will help in understanding the drivers of low-value care and in planning initiatives to reduce lo…
observational
2019
BACKGROUND: Whether patients receive low-value hospital care (care that is not expected to provide a net benefit) may be influenced by unmeasured factors at the hospital they attend or the hospital's Local Health District (LHD), or the pati…
observational
2019
OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence, costs and trends (2010-2014) for 21 low-value inpatient procedures in a privately insured Australian patient cohort. DESIGN: We developed indicators for 21 low-value procedures from evidence-based list…