Setting a research agenda for medical overuse

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Morgan, Daniel J ^a   Brownlee, Shannon ^b   Leppin, Aaron L ^c   Kressin, Nancy ^d   Dhruva, Sanket S ^e   Levin, Les ^f   Landon, Bruce E ^g   Zezza, Mark A ^h   Schmidt, Harald ⁱ   Saini, Vikas ^j   Elshaug, Adam G ^k,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^j HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^l Lown Cardiovascular Group   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICALIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HEALTH SERVICE; RESEARCH; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; RESEARCH; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84943328267     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h4534     Document Type: Article

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