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Broadening Risk Factor or Disease Definition as a Driver for Overdiagnosis: A N...
Bandovas, JP; Leal, B; Reis‐de‐Carvalho, C; Sousa, DC; Araújo, JC; Peixoto, P; Henriques, SO; Vaz Carneiro, AMedical overuse-defined as the provision of health services for which potential harms exceed potential benefits-constitutes a paradigm of low-value care and is seen as a threat to the quality of care. Value in healthcare implies a precise definition of disease. However, defining a disease may not be straightforward since clinical data do not show discrete boundaries, calling for some clinical judgment. And, if ...
Atherosclerosis in the Primary Health Care Setting: A Real-Word Data Study
Ascenção, R; Alarcão, J; Araújo, F; Costa, J; Fiorentino, F; Gil, V; Gouveia, M; Lourenço, F; Mello e Silva, A; Vaz Carneiro, A; Borges, MIntroduction and objectives: To characterize patients with atherosclerosis, a disease with a high socioeconomic impact, in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Health Region. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was carried out through the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Regional Health Administration primary health care database, extracting data on the clinical and demographic characteristics and resource use of adul...
ARIA Digital Anamorphosis: Digital Transformation of Health and Care in Airway ...
Bousquet, J; Anto, JM; Bachert, C; Haahtela, T; Zuberbier, T; Czarlewski, W; Bedbrook, A; Bosnic-Anticevich, S; Walter Canonica, G; Cardona, V; Costa, EDigital anamorphosis is used to define a distorted image of health and care that may be viewed correctly using digital tools and strategies. MASK digital anamorphosis represents the process used by MASK to develop the digital transformation of health and care in rhinitis. It strengthens the ARIA change management strategy in the prevention and management of airway disease. The MASK strategy is based on validate...
Choosing Wisely Portugal - Wise Health Decisions
Bigotte Vieira, M; Ferreira Santos, G; Carvalho, CR; Dias, CV; Sousa, DC; Leal, I; Valente Jorge, J; Alves, M; Morgado, M; Baptista, RB; Fortunato, P