Economic Impact of Imaging Overutilization in Cancer Care

Minimizing overutilization of imaging studies in the posttreatment surveillance of early-stage cancers treated with curative intent has been identified in the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Top Five Choosing Wisely List as one  strategy to reduce health care costs without compromising quality of care [1]. A substantial portion of spending in oncology can be classified as “low-value” care (eg, overutilization of tests or interventions that have not been shown to improve any measure of clinical care).
Source: Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Health services research and policy Source Type: research