Overtreatment in the United States
OPEN PloS one | 7 Sep 2017
H Lyu, T Xu, D Brotman, B Mayer-Blackwell, M Cooper, M Daniel, EC Wick, V Saini, S Brownlee and MA Makary
Abstract
Overtreatment is a cause of preventable harm and waste in health care. Little is known about clinician perspectives on the problem. In this study, physicians were surveyed on the prevalence, causes, and implications of overtreatment.
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