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'The health care system is more like a business'-medical overuse from the patients' perspective in Germany: a qualitative study.

Maria SebastiaoJosefine PeschThomas KühleinSusann Hueber
Published in: BMJ open (2024)
Medical overuse was little discussed among participants, although many participants reported experiences of too much medicine. Health education and strengthening the patients' self-responsibility can play a vital role in reducing medical overuse.
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