"Medical Overuse" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Excessive or unnecessary utilization of health services by patients or physicians.
| Descriptor ID |
D000069342
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.421.380.450 N05.300.150.395.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Medical Overuse- Medical Overuse
- Medical Overuses
- Overuse, Medical
- Overuses, Medical
- Overuse, Health Services
- Overutilization of Health Services
- Health Services Overutilization
- Overutilization, Health Services
- Health Services Overuse
- Health Services Overuses
- Overuses, Health Services
Medical Preference Misdiagnosis- Medical Preference Misdiagnosis
- Medical Preference Misdiagnoses
- Misdiagnoses, Medical Preference
- Misdiagnosis, Medical Preference
- Preference Misdiagnoses, Medical
- Preference Misdiagnosis, Medical
- Unwanted Medical Care
- Medical Care, Unwanted
- Medical Cares, Unwanted
- Unwanted Medical Cares
- Preference Misdiagnosis
- Misdiagnoses, Preference
- Misdiagnosis, Preference
- Preference Misdiagnoses
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Overuse" by people in Profiles.
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Choosing Wisely: 10 practices to stop-or adopt-to reduce overuse in health care. J Fam Pract. 2020 10; 69(8):396-400.
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Are we Overtreating Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy? Role of OncotypeDx? for Hormone Receptor Positive Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Oct; 26(10):3232-3239.
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Reply to "Relative Utility or Marginal Positive Predictive Values Accounting for Overdiagnosis Should Guide Optimal Recall Rates". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2017 08; 209(2):W114.
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Promoting Appropriate Use of Cardiac Imaging: No Longer an Academic Exercise. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Mar 21; 166(6):438-440.
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ICU Admission, Discharge, and Triage Guidelines: A Framework to Enhance Clinical Operations, Development of Institutional Policies, and Further Research. Crit Care Med. 2016 08; 44(8):1553-602.
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Overtesting and the Downstream Consequences of Overtreatment: Implications of "Preventing Overdiagnosis" for Emergency Medicine. Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Dec; 22(12):1484-92.