Utilization

Question 1

Heath care utilization definition

Answer 1

Using services by a person for the purpose of preventing and curing heath problems, promoting maintenance of heath and wellbeing or obtaining information about ones heath status and prognosis

Question 2

Harms-benefit ratio/analysis

Answer 2

Weighing the potential ADRs (harms) to a patient or population against the potential benefits

Question 3

What types of physicians spend the most money

Answer 3

Hospitalists and general internists

- however, the increased spending was NOT associated w/ a lower 30 day mortality or lower read missions

Question 4

What has been the #1 overused tests liver the past 10 years?

Answer 4

Imaging in of any sort when a disease process is considered benign or not serious

Question 5

Causes of underuse

Answer 5

Inadequate access

Health system failures

Clinicians being unaware or unskilled to provide required interventions

Patients not accessing or declining them

over and underuse can occur simultaneously

Question 6

How does over and underuse work w/ EOL care?

Answer 6

Often overuse aggressive care/treatment even though the patient is going to die anyways

Often underuse palliative care so the dying patient is not comfortable