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MeSH Heading: Overtreatment
Tree Number(s): N02.421.380.450.188; N05.300.150.395.450.188
Unique ID: D000088922
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000088922
Scope Note: Remedial treatment or preventive procedures of a disease which is done too frequently or excessively often from OVERDIAGNOSIS.
Entry Term(s): Over-treatment
Public MeSH Note: 2022; see MEDICAL OVERUSE 2016-2021
History Note: 2022(2016)
Date Established: 2022/01/01
Date of Entry: 2021/07/09
Revision Date: 2021/03/05

Allowable Qualifiers: economics (EC)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

prevention & control (PC)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Overtreatment MeSH Descriptor Data 2023