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       Estimating the cost of low clinical value treatments
       By: admini5 Date: May 11, 2015, 8:48 am
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       To identify the estimated spending on low clinical value
       treatments we used the list of 34 low priority treatments
       produced by Croydon PCT. We have no view on the clinical
       effectiveness of the list, but selected it because it is used by
       other PCTs in London and has widespread acceptance among
       commissioners. PCTs elsewhere have used the Croydon list as a
       starting point and adapted it to suit local circumstances.
       Others have put together their own lists based on their local
       specifications. These will also have merit. We analysed the data
       by each PCT, for each treatment, for each year over a five-year
       period from 2005/06 to 2009/10.
       The treatments on the Croydon list fall into five categories:
       [list]
       [li]effective procedures where cost-effective alternatives
       should be tried first;[/li]
       [li]effective interventions with a close benefit or risk balance
       in mild cases;[/li]
       [li]potentially cosmetic interventions;[/li]
       [li]relatively ineffective procedures; and[/li]
       [li]cancelled procedures[/li]
       [/list]
       For further information :
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