Study Overtreatment in the United States. Citation Text: Lyu H, Xu T, Brotman D, et al. Overtreatment in the United States. PLoS One. 2017;12(9):e0181970. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0181970. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL September 27, 2017 Lyu H, Xu T, Brotman D, et al. PLoS One. 2017;12(9):e0181970. View more articles from the same authors. Overuse of medical care can lead to patient harm. In this survey study, physicians were queried about the overuse of health care as well as contributing factors and solutions. Fear of malpractice was cited as a major reason for overtreatment. PubMed citation Free full text Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Lyu H, Xu T, Brotman D, et al. Overtreatment in the United States. PLoS One. 2017;12(9):e0181970. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0181970. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Medical harm: patient perceptions and follow-up actions. November 21, 2017 Underreporting of robotic surgery complications. July 16, 2015 Sleep deprivation and starvation in hospitalised patients: how medical care can harm patients. June 7, 2016 Clinical communities at Johns Hopkins Medicine: an emerging approach to quality improvement. September 2, 2015 Assessment of overuse of medical tests and treatments at US hospitals using Medicare claims. May 19, 2021 Adverse events and hospital-acquired conditions associated with potential low-value care in Medicare beneficiaries. August 11, 2021 Association of safety culture with surgical site infection outcomes. June 21, 2016 Implementation of a surgical comprehensive unit-based safety program to reduce surgical site infections. October 3, 2012 Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among frontline health care personnel in a multistate hospital network--13 academic medical centers, April-June 2020. September 23, 2020 Optimizing Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Care Setting. October 19, 2022 View More Related Resources Drive to Deprescribe. June 23, 2021 Measuring hospital-acquired complications associated with low-value care. May 11, 2019 Development of a conceptual map of negative consequences for patients of overuse of medical tests and treatments. October 10, 2018 Overdiagnosis and overtreatment as a quality problem: insights from healthcare improvement research. June 19, 2018 Costs and consequences associated with misdiagnosed lower extremity cellulitis. April 18, 2018 Standard admission order sets promote ordering of unnecessary investigations: a quasi-randomised evaluation in a simulated setting. November 8, 2017 Opioid-prescribing patterns of emergency physicians and risk of long-term use. September 29, 2017 Breast cancer screening in Denmark: a cohort study of tumor size and overdiagnosis. September 29, 2017 Development of a high-value care culture survey: a modified Delphi process and psychometric evaluation. September 29, 2017 Is excessive resource utilization an adverse event? September 29, 2017 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Facility and Group Administrators Medicine Overtreatment Active Errors View More
Sleep deprivation and starvation in hospitalised patients: how medical care can harm patients. June 7, 2016
Clinical communities at Johns Hopkins Medicine: an emerging approach to quality improvement. September 2, 2015
Assessment of overuse of medical tests and treatments at US hospitals using Medicare claims. May 19, 2021
Adverse events and hospital-acquired conditions associated with potential low-value care in Medicare beneficiaries. August 11, 2021
Implementation of a surgical comprehensive unit-based safety program to reduce surgical site infections. October 3, 2012
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among frontline health care personnel in a multistate hospital network--13 academic medical centers, April-June 2020. September 23, 2020
Development of a conceptual map of negative consequences for patients of overuse of medical tests and treatments. October 10, 2018
Overdiagnosis and overtreatment as a quality problem: insights from healthcare improvement research. June 19, 2018
Standard admission order sets promote ordering of unnecessary investigations: a quasi-randomised evaluation in a simulated setting. November 8, 2017
Breast cancer screening in Denmark: a cohort study of tumor size and overdiagnosis. September 29, 2017
Development of a high-value care culture survey: a modified Delphi process and psychometric evaluation. September 29, 2017