Patients often receive unnecessary treatments.

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Patients often receive unnecessary treatments.

  • In the last two decades, studies have found that

    • many of the hysterectomies performed were not needed.
    • antibiotics were overprescribed for adults and children.
    • many of the ear tube and pacemaker insertions, carotid artery surgeries, coronary diagnostic imaging, and endoscopies were performed for clearly inappropriate indications.