Health Care

Overtreatment

Remedial treatment or preventive procedures of a disease which is done too frequently or excessively often from OVERDIAGNOSIS.

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Abstract

Remedial treatment or preventive procedures of a disease which is done too frequently or excessively often from OVERDIAGNOSIS.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Over-treatment
  • Over treatment
  • Over-treatments
  • Overtreatments

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2022(2016)

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  1. N02.421.380.450.188
  2. N05.300w.150.395.450.188

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Overtreatment. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000088922. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000088922
  2. Overtreatment. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3505478