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Medical Overuse

Known as: Overutilization, Health Services, Overuse, Medical, Overutilization of Health Services 
Excessive or unnecessary utilization of health services by patients or physicians.
National Institutes of Health

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Medical Preference MisdiagnosisOvermedicationOvertreatment

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2018
2018
A Map to Undercutting Medical Overuse
This guide shows the way to reducing unnecessary and potentially harmful tests and treatments. 
2016
2016
Research on medical overuse: Overdiagnosis and overtreatment in family medicine and primary care
Research on medical overuse: Overdiagnosis and overtreatment in family medicine and primary care Abstracts from the EGPRN meeting… 
2010
2010
Extraction of Clinical Information from Clinical Reports: an Application to the Study of Medication Overuse Headaches in Italy.
A i2b2-Pavia pilot project has been recently activated at the Headache Centre of the C. Mondino Institute of Neurology, in Pavia… 
2007
2007
DRAFT – DO NOT CITE OR DISTRIBUTE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE AUTHORS RECENT HEALTH POLICY REFORMS IN GERMANY AND SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER CARE
Cost containment has traditionally been the focus of changes in health policy in Germany over the last 30 years. This paper… 
1976
1976
[Medical overuse: discussions of a typical case (author's transl)].
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