The Reproducibility of a Method to Identify the Overuse and Underuse of Medical Procedures
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- 25 June 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 338 (26), 1888-1895
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199806253382607
Abstract
To assess the overuse and underuse of medical procedures, various methods have been developed, but their reproducibility has not been evaluated. This study estimates the reproducibility of one commonly used method.Keywords
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