overutilization
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7.5
- noun
- /ˌoʊvərˌjuːtɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- US
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sobrecarga
- Misaligned incentives and overutilization in the healthcare system do not affect only the way providers behave.
Examples
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ACOs are designed to reduce overutilization of medical services and unnecessary spending in healthcare.
Academic text (2017) -
The driver of excessive health costs isn't overutilization of care; it's too much administrative cost and pharmaceutical and hospital price gouging.
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Because of overutilization by various user groups in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, some fish stocks are stressed and require management attention.
Academic text (1992) -
Overtreatment and overutilization of medical services are almost constant problems in Texas.
Academic text (2011) -
This situation mandates that coaches play more of a role as motivators than commanders, and too often leads to overutilization of external rewards (social benefits).
Academic text (2004) -
There are only minimal data to support the fears of those concerned with overutilization and runaway costs; thus, the issue is often framed as one involving predicting and planning for regular costs, partly due to a highly skewed distribution in utilization patterns.
Academic text (1994) -
A recent advocate is the Social Security Council's chairperson, whose goal is to restructure the nation's fragmented health care system into a coherent and efficient whole that would provide all needed services to every American and curb overutilization and medical inflation (Rich, 1989).
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The overutilization of medical services can lead to increased healthcare costs.
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To combat overutilization, the clinic established guidelines for necessary treatments.
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Environmental overutilization can result in the depletion of natural resources.
Synonyms
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3.8
Using something too often so it becomes harmful or less effective
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4.9
Using more food, goods, or natural resources than you need causes harm
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7.4
Using a natural resource so much that it becomes damaged or runs out
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6.9
Too much of something so people cannot handle it or it does not work well
An act of using something too much so it causes harm
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
overutilization = utilization (transparent) = over + utilize + ation
The noun is formed by prefixing 'over-' (excessive) to 'utilization' (the act of using), producing a clear meaning of excessive use.
Etymology
Overutilization breaks into over- meaning 'too much' and utilize meaning 'to use', the same idea as the common word use. Think of it like a tool or road that wears out from too much use, so overutilization means using something so much that it becomes less effective or loses value.