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Diagnosis > Overdiagnosis
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Overdiagnosis
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Delivery of Health Care > Overdiagnosis
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Overdiagnosis  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Over-Diagnosed Pseudodisease
  • Overdiagnosed Pseudodisease
  • Over-Diagnosed Pseudodiseases
  • Overdiagnosed Pseudodiseases
  • Over-Diagnoses
  • Over Diagnosis
  • Over-Diagnosis
  • Pseudodisease, Over Diagnosed
  • Pseudodisease, Over-Diagnosed
  • Pseudodisease, Overdiagnosed
  • Pseudodiseases, Over-Diagnosed
  • Pseudodiseases, Overdiagnosed

Scope note

  • The labeling of a person with a disease or abnormal condition that would not have caused the person harm if left undiscovered, creating new diagnoses by medicalizing ordinary life experiences, or expanding existing diagnoses by lowering thresholds or widening criteria without evidence of improved outcomes. Individuals derive no clinical benefit from overdiagnosis although they may experience physical, psychological or financial harm.

History note

  • 2022(2016)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000088522

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