title: Overdiagnosis and the information problem.
abstract: There are several factors which increase our propensity to overdiagnose, whereas the root cause of overdiagnosis is imperfect information and the trade-offs as a result of that imperfection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Electronic address: saurabh.jha@uphs.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jha
mesh_terms: D000066491:Clinical Decision-Making; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D033181:Information Dissemination; D000069342:Medical Overuse / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011871:Radiology; D014481:United States
keywords: Overdiagnosis; epistemology; information problem; trade-off