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overtreatment

02/07/2019 / By Tracey Watson

Gotta look busy: Doctors order many unnecessary scans, therapies, surgeries, only adding to patient stress

There is a pervasive culture of medical overtreatment in the United States. A study published in the journal PLOS ONE in 2017 found that doctors themselves admit that an average of 20 percent of all medical care is unnecessary, including 22 percent of prescribed medications, 25 percent of tests and 11 percent of procedures. Physicians cite […]

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