Stopping five common surgical procedures that are costly and provide limited benefit to patients, including inappropriate gastroscopy and inguinal hernia repair without troublesome symptoms, could save the NHS £135m (€153m; $177m) a year, a study has estimated.1 “Identifying and stopping low value services represents a significantly greater opportunity for efficiency savings than previously thought,” said the researchers, led by Humza Malik, clinical research fellow at Imperial College London, …

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停止五项低价值的外科手术每年可为NHS节省1.35亿英镑

一项研究估计，停止五种昂贵且对患者有益的普通外科手术，包括不适当的胃镜检查和腹股沟疝修补术，而不会造成麻烦的症状，每年可以为NHS节省1.35亿英镑（1.53亿欧元； 1.77亿美元）。1与停止低价值的服务相比，节省效率的机会要大得多，”伦敦帝国理工学院临床研究员Humza Malik领导的研究人员说。