(Reuters Health) - The quality of outpatient care hasn't changed much in the U.S. over the past decade despite a variety of local, regional and national efforts to encourage improvements, a study suggests.
“Overall, the quality of outpatient care has remained largely flat; there are some areas of improvement, but we also see areas of decline,” said lead study author Dr. David Levine of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard University in Boston.
“The take-home for patients: there is likely recommended care that you are not receiving but should, and there is likely extra care that you are receiving and could be harmful to you,” Levine added by email.
