2016 update on medical overuse: A systematic review

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1687-1692

  Morgan, Daniel J ^a,b,c   Dhruva, Sanket S ^d,e   Wright, Scott M ^f   Korenstein, Deborah ^g  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Center for Disease Dynamics Economics and Policy   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; NAPROXEN; OPIATE; OXYCODONE PLUS PARACETAMOL;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLONOSCOPY; CONSENSUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG OVERDOSE; FAINTNESS; FOLLOW UP; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEADACHE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDLINE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THYROID NODULE; DRUG MISUSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MASS SCREENING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL OVERUSE; PATIENT READMISSION; PRESCRIPTION DRUG OVERUSE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84996558094     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.5381     Document Type: Article

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