Guarding Against Overtesting, Overdiagnosis, and Overtreatment of Older Adults: Thinking Beyond Imaging and Injuries to Weigh Harms and Benefits

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 May;65(5):903-905. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14737. Epub 2017 Feb 7.

Authors

Jerome R Hoffman¹, Christopher R Carpenter²

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
² Emergency Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.

PMID: 28170085
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14737

No abstract available

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MeSH terms

Accidental Falls*
Aged
Early Detection of Cancer
Humans
Incidence
Medical Overuse
Spinal Fractures*