Addressing overuse and underuse around the world

The Lancet

Volumn 390, Issue 10090, 2017, Pages 105-107

  Saini, Vikas ^a   Brownlee, Shannon ^a,b   Elshaug, Adam G ^a,c   Glasziou, Paul ^d   Heath, Iona ^e  

^a Lown Cardiovascular Group   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL CARE; NOTE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85019447429     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32573-9     Document Type: Note

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