Overdiagnosis and overuse of diagnostic and screening tests in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review

L Albarqouni, M Arab-Zozani, E Abukmail… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Objective Overdiagnosis and overuse of healthcare services harm individuals, take
resources that could be used to address underuse, and threaten the sustainability of health …

Cost of low-value imaging worldwide: a systematic review

E Kjelle, IØ Brandsæter, ER Andersen… - … Health Economics and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background and Objective Imaging with low or no benefit for the patient
undermines the quality of care and amounts to vast opportunity costs. More than 3.6 billion …

Overuse of medical imaging in low-middle income countries: a scoping review

E Protheroe - Journal of Global Radiology, 2024 - publishing.escholarship.umassmed …
Purpose: The overuse of medical imaging is a key component of medical resource
overutilization. Primary reasons for this include high costs, overdiagnosis, incidental findings …

Reasons of Inappropriate Prescription of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Providing Solutions: from Specialists' Point of View

H Salari, R Behruzi, A Esfandiari - Iranian South Medical Journal, 2023 - ismj.bpums.ac.ir
Background: Since the high rate of inappropriate MRI prescription has a significant financial
burden on the health system, the specialists' opinion, as the people engaged in prescribing …

Induced demand of providers of diagnostic and therapeutic services in the world; scoping review

A Rivandi, K Alimohammadzadeh… - Iranian Journal of …, 2024 - journal.ihio.gov.ir
Methods: In this study, articles were searched from English PubMed, Scopus, ProQuest,
Cochrane and Web of Science databases. Results: The findings showed that about 90% of …

Unnecessary Brain CT Scan and MRI Prescriptions for Evaluation of Children Suffering from Headache Referring to Namazi Hospital of Shiraz

H Nemati, M Emadi, M Salehian, E Shorafa… - Jundishapur Scientific …, 2023 - jsmj.ajums.ac.ir
Background and Objectives Despite the significant role of brain magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scans in diagnosing diseases, unnecessary …

[HTML][HTML] Appropriateness of Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Prescriptions and Imposed Financial Burden: Evidence from Iran

M Kalantarhormozi, A Yazdanpanah… - … Based Health Policy …, 2022 - jebhpme.ssu.ac.ir
Background: The use of advanced and expensive technologies requires financial, human
and capital resources. Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has high contrast …

بررسی میزان تجویزهای غیرمقتضی CT scan و MRI مغز در کودکان مبتلا به سردرد در بیمارستان نمازی شیراز در سال 13

نعمتی, عمادی, صالحیان, شرفاء, اسلام… - مجله علمی پزشکی جندی …, 2023‎ - jsmj.ajums.ac.ir
زمینه و هدف با توجه به تأثیرات درخور توجه MRI و سیتیاسکن در تشخیص بیماریها، تجویزهای
غیرضروری آن میتواند بارمالی زیادی را بر بیماران و سیستمهای بهداشتی تحمیل کند. این مطالعه …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of the amount of appropriate medical imaging administration: Evidence related to existing causes and solutions

M Pourmotahari, S Mahfoozpour, S Vahdat… - Iran J Health …, 2022 - journal.ihio.gov.ir
Methods: The present study was implemented using a systematic review method.
International databases (Elsevier, PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science) and National (SID …

ارزیابی میزان مقتضی بودن تجویز خدمات تصویربرداری‌ پزشکی: شواهد مرتبط با علل و راهکارهای موجود

پورمطهری, مهرک, محفوظ‌پور, وحدت, شقایق… - نشریه بیمه سلامت …, 2022‎ - journal.ihio.gov.ir
مقدمه: خدمات تشخیصی و درمانی بزرگترین منبع هزینه‌کرد مخارج سلامت هستند و در نتیجه دارای
پتانسیل بالایی برای کنترل مخارج می‌باشند. پژوهش حاضر باهدف بررسی میزان مقتضی بودن …