Measuring hospital-acquired complications associated with low-value care.
Badgery-Parker T, Pearson S-A, Dunn S, et al. Measuring Hospital-Acquired Complications Associated With Low-Value Care. JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(4):499-505. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.7464.
Overuse of unnecessary tests and procedures contributes to patient harm. In this cohort study, researchers found that patients who developed a hospital-acquired condition after undergoing a procedure that most likely should not have been performed had longer lengths of stay than patients who did not develop a hospital-acquired condition.