Medical overuse and quaternary prevention in primary care – A qualitative study with general practitioners
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Medical overuse and quaternary prevention in primary care – A qualitative study with general practitioners
BACKGROUND Medical overuse is a topic of growing interest in health care systems and especially in primary care. It comprises both over investigation and overtreatment. Quaternary prevention strategies aim at protecting patients from unnecessary or harmful medicine. The objective of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of relevant aspects of medical overuse in primary care from the per...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Family Practice
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1471-2296
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-017-0667-4