Outcomes of implementation of the Choosing Wisely recommendations of internal medicine in the emergency departments
| Control period (n=422) | Intervention period (n=378) | P value | |
| 1. Do not place an indwelling urinary catheter in non-critically ill patients who can void | |||
| Inappropriate indication for insertion of urinary catheters | 5/28 (17.9%) | 4/16 (25.0%) | 0.572 |
| 2. Don’t order plain abdominal X-rays in patients with acute abdominal pain | |||
| Abdominal X-rays performed for acute abdominal pain | 1/26 (3.8%) | 0/25 (0.0%) | >0.999 |
| 3. Discuss treatment limitations when talking to patients about treatment options | |||
| No reported treatment limitations in hospitalised patients | 13/200 (6.5%) | 17/191 (8.9%) | 0.373 |
| No reported discussion of treatment limitations in hospitalised patients | 41/200 (20.5%) | 42/191 (22.0%) | 0.719 |