Thanya Pathirana
Biographic Data
| ID | 9798644 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thanya Pathirana |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thanya |
| FAMILY NAME | Pathirana |
| SIGNATURE | PATHIRANA T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2386-2183 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Overdiagnosis and overuse of diagnostic and screening tests in low-income and middle-income countries
OBJECTIVE: Overdiagnosis and overuse of healthcare services harm individuals, take resources that could be used to address underuse, and threaten the sustainability of health systems. These problems are attracting increasing attention in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Unaware of any review of relevant evidence, we conducted a scoping review of the evidence around overdiagnosis and overuse of diagnostic and screening tests in LMIC…
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Overdiagnosis and overuse of diagnostic and screening tests in low-income and middle-income countries
OBJECTIVE: Overdiagnosis and overuse of healthcare services harm individuals, take resources that could be used to address underuse, and threaten the sustainability of health systems. These problems are attracting increasing attention in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Unaware of any review of relevant evidence, we conducted a scoping review of the evidence around overdiagnosis and overuse of diagnostic and screening tests in LMIC…
Environmental health (1 work) · Family medicine (1 work) · Health care (1 work) · Healthcare cost, quality, practices (1 work) · Healthcare Quality and Management (1 work) · Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (1 work) · Medicine (1 work) · MEDLINE (1 work) · Overdiagnosis (1 work) · Pathology (1 work)