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Beyond light-touch nudges: rethinking interventions to reduce low-value care at the end of life.

The article focuses on the challenges of reducing low-value care for older adults at the end of life (EOL) in hospital settings, highlighting findings from the InterACT trial, which tested behavioural nudges to improve care for seriously ill patients aged 75 and older. The trial showed that low-cost...

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Published in:Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors: Malhotra, Chetna, Andres, Ellie B, Poco, Louisa
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Jan2026
Subjects:
Australia
Palliative treatment
Medical care
Patient-centered care
Health behavior
Medical research
Terminal care
Patients' attitudes
Cost analysis
Value-based healthcare
Quality assurance
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