TY - JOUR
T1 - Perspectives from China, India and Sri Lanka on the drivers and potential solutions to overuse and overdiagnosis
AU - Pathirana, Thanya
AU - Wang, Yu
AU - Martiny, Frederik
AU - Copp, Tessa
AU - Kumar, Raman
AU - Mendis, Kumara
AU - Tang, Jinling
PY - 2023/4/1
Y1 - 2023/4/1
N2 - Overuse is defined as provision of healthcare which is more likely to result in harm than good, and it is fast becoming a threat to human health and the sustainability of health systems world- wide.1 Overuse may, but not always, increase the risk of overdiagnosis, which occurs when someone is diagnosed with a disease that would have never caused them harm if not recognised and is a well- known adverse outcome of screening. 2 3 Overuse and overdiagnosis have a different signification when it occurs in LMICs, where wise utilisation of the already limited healthcare resources is paramount, especially in the COVID-19 pandemic era.
AB - Overuse is defined as provision of healthcare which is more likely to result in harm than good, and it is fast becoming a threat to human health and the sustainability of health systems world- wide.1 Overuse may, but not always, increase the risk of overdiagnosis, which occurs when someone is diagnosed with a disease that would have never caused them harm if not recognised and is a well- known adverse outcome of screening. 2 3 Overuse and overdiagnosis have a different signification when it occurs in LMICs, where wise utilisation of the already limited healthcare resources is paramount, especially in the COVID-19 pandemic era.
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:75410
M3 - Article
SN - 2515-446X
VL - 28
SP - 85
EP - 88
JO - BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
JF - BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
IS - 2
ER -