Overtreatment in the United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Lyu, Heather ^a   Xu, Tim ^b   Brotman, Daniel ^b   Mayer Blackwell, Brandan ^b   Cooper, Michol ^b   Daniel, Michael ^b   Wick, Elizabeth C ^b   Saini, Vikas ^c   Brownlee, Shannon ^c   Makary, Martin A ^b,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^c Lown Institute   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPENSATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PROFIT; RESIDENT; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL FEE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MEDICAL OVERUSE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 85028955254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181970     Document Type: Article

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