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. 2017 Jul 8;390(10090):102-104.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32570-3. Epub 2017 Jan 9.

Avoiding overuse-the next quality frontier

Donald M Berwick¹

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PMID: 28077229
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32570-3

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Avoiding overuse-the next quality frontier

Donald M Berwick. Lancet. 2017.

. 2017 Jul 8;390(10090):102-104.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32570-3. Epub 2017 Jan 9.

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Donald M Berwick¹

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¹ Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Electronic address: donberwick@gmail.com.

PMID: 28077229
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32570-3

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Kleinert S, Horton R. Kleinert S, et al. Lancet. 2017 Jul 8;390(10090):101-102. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32588-0. Epub 2017 Jan 9. Lancet. 2017. PMID: 28077231 No abstract available.

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Evidence for overuse of medical services around the world.
Brownlee S, Chalkidou K, Doust J, Elshaug AG, Glasziou P, Heath I, Nagpal S, Saini V, Srivastava D, Chalmers K, Korenstein D. Brownlee S, et al. Lancet. 2017 Jul 8;390(10090):156-168. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32585-5. Epub 2017 Jan 9. Lancet. 2017. PMID: 28077234 Free PMC article. Review.

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