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Evidence for overuse of medical services around the world
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Summary Overuse, which is defined as the provision of medical services that are more likely to cause harm than good, is a global problem that afflicts rich and poor countries alike. This article reviews the definition of overuse, methods for measuring overuse, harms from overuse, and the evidence for worldwide overuse of many types of services.
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- Brownlee, S., Chalkidou, K., Doust, J., Elshaug, A. G., Glasziou, P., Heath, I., Nagpal, S., Saini, V., Srivastava, D., Chalmers, K., & Korenstein, D.
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-07
- Volume
- 390
- Issue
- 10090
- Pages
- 156-168
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- OpenAlex
- W2570796533
- Cited by
- 1,149
- References
- 142
- FWCI
- 193.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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