 Medical Overuse
"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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| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2016 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2018 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Overuse" by people in Profiles.
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Mullan PC, Levasseur KA, Bajaj L, Nypaver M, Chamberlain JM, Thull-Freedman J, Ostrow O, Jain S. Recommendations for Choosing Wisely in Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Five Opportunities to Improve Value. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Aug; 84(2):167-175.
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Shahangian S, Sharma KP, Fan L, Siegel DA. Use of the prostate-specific antigen test in the U.S. for men age 30 to 64 in 2011 to 2017 using a large commercial claims database: Implications for practice interventions. Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2021 08; 4(4):e1365.
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Greenhawt M, Oppenheimer J, Abrams EM, Peters RL, Shaker M. Leveraging shared decision making to discuss nonessential medical testing and prevent peanut allergy overdiagnosis during infancy. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 07; 148(1):272-273.
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Greenhawt M, Abrams EM, Oppenheimer J, Vander Leek TK, Mack DP, Singer AG, Shaker M. The COVID-19 Pandemic in 2021: Avoiding Overdiagnosis of Anaphylaxis Risk While Safely Vaccinating the World. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 04; 9(4):1438-1441.
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Johansson M, Bero L, Bonfill X, Bruschettini M, Garner S, Glenton C, Harris R, J?rgensen KJ, Levinson W, Lotfi T, Montori V, Meng DM, Sch?nemann H, Vaz Carneiro A, Woloshin S, Moynihan R. Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare: evidence for action on too much medicine. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2019 12 06; 12:ED000143.
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Anandalwar SP, Milliren C, Graham DA, Hills-Dunlap JL, Kashtan MA, Newland J, Rangel SJ. Trends in the use of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in general pediatric surgery: Are we missing the mark for both stewardship and infection prevention? J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55(1):75-79.
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Wani S, Williams JL, Komanduri S, Muthusamy VR, Shaheen NJ. Over-Utilization of Repeat Upper Endoscopy in Patients with Non-dysplastic Barrett's Esophagus: A Quality Registry Study. Am J Gastroenterol. 2019 08; 114(8):1256-1264.
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Desai NR, Bourdillon PM, Parzynski CS, Brindis RG, Spatz ES, Masters C, Minges KE, Peterson P, Masoudi FA, Oetgen WJ, Buxton A, Zipes DP, Curtis JP. Association of the US Department of Justice Investigation of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators and Devices Not Meeting the Medicare National Coverage Determination, 2007-2015. JAMA. 2018 07 03; 320(1):63-71.
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Parker L, Bero L, Gillies D, Raven M, Mintzes B, Jureidini J, Grundy Q. Mental Health Messages in Prominent Mental Health Apps. Ann Fam Med. 2018 07; 16(4):338-342.
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Ross RK, Keele L, Kubis S, Lautz AJ, Dziorny AC, Denson AR, O'Connor KA, Chilutti MR, Weiss SL, Gerber JS. Effect of the Procalcitonin Assay on Antibiotic Use in Critically Ill Children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2018 May 15; 7(2):e43-e46.
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