Abstract
In high-income countries, regular general health check-ups are part of the fabric
of the health care systems. The hidden concept of general health check-ups, promoted
for more than a century, is to identify diseases at a stage at which early intervention
can be effective. However, there has been little evidence to support the benefits
of such checkups. Choosing wisely (CW) campaigns may represent a tremendous opportunity
to eventually shift patients and physicians away from the non–evidence based yet firmly
entrenched practice of the general health check-up. As campaign leaders and members
of the CW working group of the European Federation of Internal Medicine, we want to
join the discussion by giving our perspective based on the best available evidence.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 04, 2023
Accepted:
December 22,
2022
Received:
December 19,
2022
Publication stage
In Press Corrected ProofIdentification
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