Episode 40: High Val­ue Health­care is Low Car­bon Healthcare

As we face the unprece­dent­ed chal­lenge of cli­mate change, it is wide­ly acknowl­edged that a sub­stan­tial pro­por­tion of health care is waste­ful and low val­ue. Low val­ue care remains stub­born­ly com­mon and may be increas­ing, includ­ing in low- and mid­dle-income coun­tries. Recent esti­mates show that about 30% of health care is waste­ful or low val­ue, and a fur­ther 10% is harm­ful. How does low val­ue care inter­sect with cli­mate risk in rela­tion to its car­bon footprint?

Join Kate to hear how we all have a role to play in lead­ing sus­tain­able mod­els of clin­i­cal care and explore why bet­ter val­ue, low car­bon emis­sions mod­els of clin­i­cal care are urgent­ly needed.

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