Background Substantial overuse of health care services is identified and intensified efforts
are incited to reduce low-value services in general and in imaging in particular. Objective To …

Objectives This narrative review aims to present the concept of value in imaging and explore
why we conduct low-value procedures, how to reduce this wasteful use, and what we could …

Rational Low‐value radiological imaging threatens patient safety and efficient use of limited
health resources. It is important to evaluate measures for reducing low‐value utilisation, to …

Aim This study aimed to survey general practitioners'(GPs) and radiologists' perspectives on
referrals, imaging justification, and unnecessary imaging in Norway. Materials and methods …

Background Unwarranted temporal and geographical variations are acknowledged as a
profound problem for equal access and justice in the provision of health services. Even …

Objectives To explore and compare physicians' reported moral distress in 2004 and 2021
and identify factors that could be related to these responses. Design Longitudinal survey …

Background The increasing use of CT imaging in emergency departments, despite efforts of
reducing low-value imaging, is not fully understood, especially during and after the COVID …

LVC, such as unneeded surgeries, or preanaesthesia tests for low-risk surgeries in low-risk
patients, is a relevant source of waste and preventable harm, most especially in the …

In 2016, the Norwegian Medical Association published a report on medical overactivity (1),
in line with the growing awareness of unwarranted geographical variation in health services …

I 2016 publiserte Legeforeningen en rapport om medisinsk overaktivitet (1), i tråd med en
økende bevissthet om uberettiget geografisk variasjon i helsetjenestene. Overaktivitet er …