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Primary care practitioners overestimate disease risks leading to over-diagnosis and overtreatment – News-Medical.Net
Primary care practitioners often over-estimate the likelihood of a patient having a medical condition based on reported symptoms and laboratory test results.
Primary care practitioners often over-estimate the likelihood of a patient having a medical condition based on reported symptoms and laboratory test results. Such overestimations can lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatment, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
A large gap exists between practitioner estimates and scientific estimates of the probability of disease. Practitioners who overestimate…
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