title: The perils of great medical care--overuse?
abstract: This essay, a personal reflection on the major medical center diagnosis and treatment odyssey, in which it is not clear that more testing and greater interventions achieve the highest value.
authors.affiliation: New York University, New York, NY 10011, USA. ctk1@nyu.edu
authors.forename: Christine Tassone
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Kovner
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D011634:Public Health; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States