Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (Jun 2015)

Unnecessary Overtreatment Index: a useful tool in family practice

  • Mohammad Zakaria Pezeshki,
  • Sina Pezeshki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5712/rbmfc10(35)1066
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 35

Abstract

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One of the most important aspects of quaternary prevention is avoiding the exposure of the patients to unnecessary overtreatment. In this commentary we explain how a valid and reliable double blinded randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) with a good external validity may help a physician to estimate the magnitude of unnecessary overtreatment.

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