Target of the recommendation to avoid low-value practices | Year of publication | Number of primary care teams that have implemented the recommendation |
Proton-pump inhibitors in in patients over 65 or subject to polypharmacy | 2013 | 65 |
Statins in population with low or moderate coronary risk | 2013 (updated in 2019) | 25 |
PSA for prostatic cancer screening | 2013 | 21 |
Bisphosphonates in postmenopausal women with low risk of fracture | 2013 | 19 |
Benzodiazepines for insomnia in elderly people | 2014 | 15 |
Antibiotics in acute otitis media in children | 2013 | 13 |
Vitamin D use for elderly patients living in the community | 2014 | 13 |
Bronchodilators in infants with bronchiolitis | 2015 | 9 |
NSAIDs in heart disease, chronic kidney disease or liver failure | 2015 | 8 |
Sedative drugs and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo | 2016 | 8 |
Antibiotics in bronchitis in children | 2016 | 7 |
Antidepressants for major mild depressive episode | 2014 | 4 |
DXA bone densitometry for people not receiving pharmacologic treatment | 2013 | 4 |
Imaging tests in low back pain | 2013 | 4 |
Treatment of asymptomatic hyperuricemia | 2016 | 3 |
ACEI and ARB in patients with cardiac failure | 2013 | 3 |
Antibiotics and asymptomatic bacteriuria | 2014 | 2 |
Mammograms in women under 50 and without additional risk | 2013 | 2 |
Imaging tests in evaluating headache | 2013 | 2 |
Imaging studies in paediatric sinusitis | 2014 | 2 |
Antibiotics in acute rhinosinusitis in infants | 2015 | 2 |
Antibiotics in pharyngitis in adults | 2016 | 1 |
Antibiotics in lower airways infections in adults | 2016 | 1 |
Annual blood testing in healthy adults | 2016 | 1 |
*Detailed information about the recommendations is available on the Essencial project website: http://essencialsalut.gencat.cat/en/recomanacions/index.html
ACEI, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; DXA, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; NSAIDs, Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; PSA, prostate-specific antigen.