"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Overuse" by people in Profiles.
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Franasiak JM, Polyzos NP, Neves AR, Yovich JL, Ho TM, Vuong LN, Norman RJ. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection for all or for a few? Fertil Steril. 2022 02; 117(2):270-284.
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Arkader A, Williams A, Binitie O, Thacker MM, Farfalli GL. Pediatric Chondroblastoma and the Need for Lung Staging at Presentation. J Pediatr Orthop. 2020 Oct; 40(9):e894-e897.
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Peabody H, Patel A, Johnson A, Mirza M, Noyes SL, Schervish E, Kaul S, Rogers CG, Lane BR, Semerjian A. Development of a Novel Scoring System Quantifies Opportunities to Reduce Surgery for Benign Renal Neoplasms: A Retrospective Quality Improvement Analysis within the MUSIC-KIDNEY Collaborative. J Urol. 2020 12; 204(6):1160-1165.
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Jain VD, Bsat FA, Ruma MS, Sciscione AC, Iriye BK. Prior authorization and its impact on access to obstetric ultrasound. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 04; 222(4):338.e1-338.e5.
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Martello J, Buchhalter J, Das RR, Dubinsky R, Lee E, Anderson W. Quality improvement in neurology: Universal neurology quality measurement set: Executive summary. Neurology. 2019 02 26; 92(9):418-426.
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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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Svider PF, Arianpour K, Guo E, Folbe E, Zuliani G, Lin H, Eloy JA, Folbe AJ. Opioid prescribing patterns among otolaryngologists: Crucial insights among the medicare population. Laryngoscope. 2018 07; 128(7):1576-1581.
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Jayashree M, Nadkarni V. Urgent Care Centre's: "Urgent Need of the Hour?" Indian J Pediatr. 2017 10; 84(10):774-776.
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Brolin TJ, Hackett DJ, Abboud JA, Hsu JE, Namdari S. Routine cultures for seemingly aseptic revision shoulder arthroplasty: are they necessary? J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2017 Nov; 26(11):2060-2066.
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Lee CI, Etzioni R. Missteps in Current Estimates of Cancer Overdiagnosis. Acad Radiol. 2017 02; 24(2):226-229.