{
  "abstract": "Overdiagnosis, broadly defined as the unnecessary transformation of people into patients, can cause harm to patients, the public, healthcare systems and the environment.1 Harm includes psychological stress, unnecessary treatment burden, opportunity costs, increased healthcare spending and carbon footprint—all without any improvement in health outcomes.1",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Center for General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark"
      ],
      "name": "Emma Grundtvig Gram"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Elspeth Davies"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Wiser Healthcare, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Katy Bell"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Adverse effects of overdiagnosis on our understanding of disease",
  "uid": "6944fbd0-65a5-5bd0-ac68-94ef7195322d"
}