Health services underutilization
In healthcare delivery, Health services underutilization is a form of health care misuse which is defined as "excessive, under or unnecessary utilization of health services by patients or physicians."[1]
Therapeutic inertia
Therapeutic inertia has been described and proposed calculation is calculated as:
<math>\frac{h}{v} - \frac{c}{v}</math>
...where h is the number of visits with an uncontrolled condition, c is the number of visits in which a change was made, and v is the total number of visits[2].
Examples exist in:
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References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Health services underutilization (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Okonofua EC, Simpson KN, Jesri A, Rehman SU, Durkalski VL, Egan BM (2006). "Therapeutic inertia is an impediment to achieving the Healthy People 2010 blood pressure control goals". Hypertension. 47 (3): 345–51. doi:10.1161/01.HYP.0000200702.76436.4b. PMID 16432045.
- ↑ Bradley CK, Wang TY, Li S, Robinson JG, Roger VL, Goldberg AC; et al. (2019). "Patient-Reported Reasons for Declining or Discontinuing Statin Therapy: Insights From the PALM Registry". J Am Heart Assoc. 8 (7): e011765. doi:10.1161/JAHA.118.011765. PMC 6509731 Check
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