If some medical care is good, more must be better. Right?
Unfortunately, this is often not the case. In fact, the opposite can be true—some measures of health are worse in areas where people receive more health services.
Join leaders in research and health policy at UCSF who highlight situations in which the overuse of medical care may result in harm and in which less care is likely to result in better health. It’s time to challenge the implicit belief, on the part of both clinicians and patients, that more is better.
See what you should know about risks and benefits of cancer screening, “routine” examinations, alternative medicine, drug prescriptions, cardiac testing and end-of-life care.
Bottom line for consumers – choose wisely, change the question from Why don’t you do that test? to Why did you do that test?, and challenge the belief that more is better.
Check out all the latest programs in High Value Medical Care: Why Sometimes Less is More:
High Value Medical Care: Why Sometimes Less is More
We Don’t Always Get High Value Medical Care: Examples from Cataract Surgery and Telemedicine
Cardiac Screening – Why Sometimes Less is More
Too Many Tests and Treatments: Why More is Not Always Better For Seniors
Radiation Safety and Medical Imaging
Antibiotics – When Less is More
Vitamins and Supplements: Less is More