Moreover, concerns about the over-utilisation of CT are growing because of increasing health care costs and, more importantly, exposure to ionising radiation [6, 7].
The proposition of biomass harvesting for bioenergy is often met with the apprehension that increasing demand for bioenergy would lead to over-utilisation of the relatively slow growing native forests (Hall 2002; Davis et al. 2012).
The agricultural and domestic sectors' over-utilisation of the Dammam Aquifer, the principal aquifer in Bahrain, has led to its salinisation by adjacent brackish and saline water bodies.
We aimed to quantify the relative over-utilisation of emergency services in the immigrant population.
One possible explanation for the potential over-utilisation of high-level EMS resources is that staff with significant experience in psychosocial assessment might be more available in high-level EMS facilities.
Our study reveals gross deviations of GP management of LBP from current guidelines, resulting in likely over-diagnosis with imaging techniques, over-treatment with NSAIDs, and over-utilisation of an obsolete mode of NSAID application, i.e. intramuscular injection.
The picture of a steady increase in the number of JICWL, the high number of children dealt with via the administrative sanction process and the over-utilisation of reform schools as a sanction were the reasons that motivated the setting up of the project.
The principal aims of the 1997 health insurance reform were: a) to achieve a wider population coverage with basic medical care benefits across all the groups participating in the scheme; and b) to control the oversupply and the over-utilisation of health care through setting mechanisms to alter the behaviour of health service users and providers [ 1].
The inequity and iniquity of over-utilisation and under-utilisation of radiology within the same jurisdiction exist in most countries with 20 45% of examinations deemed inappropriate [18].
But all health plans have some degree of leverage over the doctors and hospitals in the HMO or PPO, allowing them to negotiate discounts on the price of their services and to exercise some control over the utilisation of medical care.For a time, the managed-care revolution appeared to be working.
