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 …

Background While the number of medical images has increased substantially, the demand
has outpaced access, resulting in long wait times in many countries. Long wait times are a …

Background: Inappropriate use of the emergency department (IEDU)—consisting of the
unnecessary use of the resource by patients with no clinical need—is one of the leading …

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 The objective of this study is to investigate the proportion of potentially low-value
knee MRI in Norway and to provide an estimate of the related costs. Design Register study …