Randomized controlled trials insufficiently focus on reducing medical overuse

Eur J Epidemiol. 2023 Aug;38(8):913-916. doi: 10.1007/s10654-023-01025-0. Epub 2023 Jun 19.

Authors

Jasper M Kampman¹, Oren Turgman², Ward H van der Ven², Jeroen Hermanides², Nicolaas H Sperna Weiland^{2

3}, Markus W Hollmann², Sjoerd Repping^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [email protected].
² Department of Anaesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Amsterdam UMC Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ Healthcare Evaluation and Appropriate Use, National Healthcare Institute, Diemen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 37335385
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-023-01025-0

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Keywords: Appropriate use; Climate change; Health evaluation; Intervention bias; Medical overuse; Public Health; Randomized controlled trials.

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Letter

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