Excessive health care is a concern because it is.

The correct answer is D. All of the above. D is correct because all three concerns apply simultaneously - excessive health care wastes limited medical resources, drives up costs for individuals and healthcare systems, and can directly harm patients through unnecessary procedures, medication side effects, or iatrogenic…

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Options

AWasteful
BCostly
CPotentially harmful
DAll of the above

How the community answered

(29 responses)

B
3% (1)
C
3% (1)
D
93% (27)

Explanation

D is correct because all three concerns apply simultaneously - excessive health care wastes limited medical resources, drives up costs for individuals and healthcare systems, and can directly harm patients through unnecessary procedures, medication side effects, or iatrogenic complications.

Why A, B, and C alone are wrong: Each individual choice captures only one dimension of the problem. Selecting just "Wasteful" or "Costly" or "Potentially harmful" understates the full picture - excessive care is problematic for all three reasons at once, not just one in isolation.

Memory tip: Think of the acronym WCP (Waste, Cost, Pain/Harm). When you see a question where multiple negative consequences all apply, "All of the above" is often the strongest answer - especially in health policy and ethics contexts where overtreatment is recognized as a multifaceted problem.

Topics

#Healthcare waste#Care appropriateness#Healthcare costs#Patient safety

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