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Diagnostic Overuse

Diagnostic Overuse is a phenomenon in clinical practice whereby diagnostic tests are ordered or utilized in the absence of clear clinical indication, thereby deviating from evidence-based guidelines and contributing to inefficiencies, patient harm, and resource waste within healthcare systems.

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5.4K

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404

Authors

227

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2017–2026

34

Variants

Diagnostic Overutilization

Parents

Publications

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Preventing overdiagnosis: how to stop harming the healthy

Ray Moynihan, Jenny Doust, David Henry · BMJ · 2012 · 666 citations

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The Reproducibility of a Method to Identify the Overuse and Underuse of Medical Procedures

Paul G Shekelle, James P. Kahan, Steven J. Bernstein et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1998 · 370 citations · Full text

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Factors contributing to inappropriate ordering of tests in an academic medical department and the effect of an educational feedback strategy

Spiros Miyakis, Georgios Karamanof, Michalis Liontos et al. · Postgraduate Medical Journal · 2006 · 263 citations · Full text

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Appropriate Use of Screening and Diagnostic Tests to Foster High-Value, Cost-Conscious Care

Amir Qaseem, Patrick C. Alguire, Paul Dallas et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine · 2012 · 245 citations

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Setting a research agenda for medical overuse

Daniel J. Morgan, Shannon Brownlee, Aaron L. Leppin et al. · BMJ · 2015 · 213 citations · Full text

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Authors

404

  1. JA
    Jason A. Dominitz

    VA Puget Sound Health Care System, United States

    3 publications · 86 citations

    3

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  2. SD
    Sameer D. Saini

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 86 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. BH
    Bjørn Hofmann

    University of Oslo, Norway

    3 publications · 117 citations

    3

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  4. EA
    Eve A. Kerr

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 86 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. VS
    Vikas Saini

    Lown Institute, United States

    2 publications · 258 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

227

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    778 citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    852 citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    17 publications

    900 citations

  4. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    281 citations

  5. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    502 citations

  6. Michigan Medicine

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    376 citations

  7. Durham VA Medical Center

    Durham, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    86 citations

  8. RAND Corporation

    Santa Monica, United States

    3 h-index

    14 publications

    2.2K citations

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Venues

  1. BMJ

    8 publications · 1.3K citations

    8

    h-index

  2. Journal of General Internal Medicine

    JGIM · 5 publications · 278 citations

    5

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  3. JAMA

    5 publications · 97 citations

    5

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  4. Annals of Internal Medicine

    3 publications · 404 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. New England Journal of Medicine

    NEJM · 3 publications · 582 citations

    3

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