Overutilization
The consumption of resources, the cost of which is in excess of the value or the benefit generated by that consumption. The evidence of healthcare resources in the United States is its higher level of per capita consumption than in any other country, generally without commensurate results in population health status indicators or individual outcomes. The overutilization of the US is characterized by an excessive base of resources devoted to healthcare more than by excessive year-to-year rates of increase.
