Potential consequences of changing disease classifications
- Doust, Jenny A.
- Bell, Katy J. L.
- Glasziou, Paul P.
Publication date
February 2020
DOI Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)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
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