2019 update on medical overuse: a review.

Daniel J. Morgan; Sanket S. Dhruva; Eric R. Coon; Scott M. Wright; Deborah Korenstein

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2019 update on medical overuse: a review.

September 25, 2019

Morgan DJ, Dhruva SS, Coon ER, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(11):1568.

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Medical overuse has been described as a patient safety problem among both adult and pediatric patients. Consistent with prior research, this review suggests that overtesting and overtreatment are common and have the potential to cause harm to patients.

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