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- Title
Potential Consequences of Changing Disease Classifications.
- Authors
Doust, Jenny A.; Bell, Katy J. L.; Glasziou, Paul P.
- Abstract
This Viewpoint discusses the potential harms that can emerge from changing disease classifications, generally to broaden criteria for diagnosing greater numbers of patients, and calls for a balanced and systematic evaluation of the benefits and risks of shifting illness thresholds before formalizing changes.
- Subjects
NOSOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE risk factors; PATIENTS; MEDICAL standards; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION of mental disorders; MEDICAL coding
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2020, Vol 323, Issue 10, p921
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2019.22373