Setting a Research Agenda for Medical Overuse

Overview

Journal BMJ

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2015 Aug 27

PMID 26306661

Citations 87

Authors

Daniel J Morgan

Shannon Brownlee

Aaron L Leppin

Nancy Kressin

Sanket S Dhruva

Les Levin

Bruce E Landon

Mark A Zezza

Harald Schmidt

Vikas Saini

Adam G Elshaug

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