Importance Medical overuse has historically focused on adult health care, but interest in how
children are affected by medical overuse is increasing. This review examines important
research articles published in 2016 that address pediatric overuse. Observations A
structured search of PubMed and a manual review of the tables of contents of 10 journals
identified 169 articles related to pediatric overuse published in 2016, from which 8 were
selected based on the quality of methods and potential harm to patients in terms of …

Importance Efforts to combat medical overuse have gained traction in recent years, but
success has been intermittent and shortcomings have been recognized. A commitment to a
strong evidence base is needed to more broadly engage clinicians and reduce overuse.
Observations A structured MEDLINE search and a manual review of tables of contents from
selected high-impact journals was performed to identify original research published in 2017
relevant to pediatric overuse. Articles were scored from low to high for 3 categories: quality …