Do patient decision support interventions lead to savings? A systematic review
Saturday, January 25, 2014 - 20:31
in Psychology & Sociology
Publicity surrounding the implementation of patient decision support interventions traditionally focuses on two areas of improvement: helping patients make better decisions AND lowering health care spending. The use of patient decision support interventions as a means to generate health care savings has been widely advocated, but the extent and quality of evidence is unclear. A systematic review found that the evidence for savings was not as broad or deep as suspected.