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. 2016 Feb 3;11(2):e0147943. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147943

Table 3. Characteristics of the initiatives aimed at reducing low-value or inappropriate healthcare interventions included in DianaHealth.com until July 2015.

Results are shown in order of year of launching.

Initiative (year of launching/publication) Authors (Country) Type of initiative Results
18. Recomendaciones No Hacer (In English, Do not Do Recommendations) (2014) Sociedad Española de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria semFYC (Spain) Campaign gathering clinical recommendations from scientific societies 30 Clinical recommendations [29]
19. Morgan et al. Article (2014) Researchers from several centres and universities (United States) Conclusions from literature review Review article providing conclusions on 10 overused health care interventions [30]
20. Smarter medicine (2014) Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine (Switzerland) Campaign gathering clinical recommendations from scientific societies 5 Clinical recommendations [31,32]
21. Recomendaciones No Hacer (In English, Do not Do Recommendations) (2014) Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica SERAM (Spain) Campaign gathering clinical recommendations from scientific societies 38 Clinical recommendations [33]
22. Choosing wisely Australia (2015) Australia’s medical colleges and professional societies and facilitated by NPS MedicineWise (Australia) Campaign gathering clinical recommendations from scientific societies 27 Clinical recommendations [34]; patient-friendly materials
23. Choosing wisely Japan (2015) Researchers from the University of Tsukuba (Japan) Campaign gathering clinical recommendations from scientific societies 5 Clinical recommendations [35]