Expanding disease definitions in guidelines and expert panel ties to industry: a cross-sectional study of common conditions in the United States.

<h4>Background</h4>Financial ties between health professionals and industry may unduly influence professional judgments and some researchers have suggested that widening disease definitions may be one driver of over-diagnosis, bringing potentially unnecessary labeling and harm. We aimed...

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Main Authors: Raymond N Moynihan, Georga P E Cooke, Jenny A Doust, Lisa Bero, Suzanne Hill, Paul P Glasziou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-08-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23966841/pdf/?tool=EBI