Healthcare professionals’ opinions, barriers and facilitators towards low-value clinical practices in the hospital setting

• Published in: Gaceta sanitaria Vol. 34; no. 5; pp. 459 - 467
• Main Authors: Osorio, Dimelza, Ribera, Aida, Solans-Domènech, Maite, Arroyo-Moliner, Liliana, Ballesteros, Mónica, Romea-Lecumberri, Soledad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Spain Elsevier España, S.L.U 01.09.2020; Ediciones Doyma, S.L; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adecuación; Appropriateness; Demography; Encuesta; Focus group; Grupos focales; Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services; Hospital; Infectious Diseases; Investigación cualitativa; Low-value; Prácticas de poco valor; Psychology; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Qualitative research; Sociology; Surveys; Surveys; Qualitative research; Investigación cualitativa; Grupos focales; Adecuación; Low-value; Encuesta; Hospital; Focus group; Appropriateness; Prácticas de poco valor

To explore healthcare professionals’ opinions about low-value practices, identify practices of this kind possibly present in the hospital and barriers and facilitators to reduce them. Low-value practices include those with little or no clinical benefit that may harm patients or lead to a waste of re...