According to the Agency for Healthcare Research (AHRQ), problems of quality care are divided into five groups. The "overuse of service" refers to
1. Conservative treatment practices
2. Patient safety issues and how disability and mortality can be reduced
3. Disparities of quality
4. The ordering of unnecessary tests, surgeries, and treatments
ANS: 4
The "overuse of service" group in the AHRQ problems of quality of care refers to the ordering of unnecessary tests, surgeries, and treatments.
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