The study focused on doctor-controlled spending, tests, procedures and imaging. The results showed that doctors who spent more didn't have less patient deaths.
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Physician Spending Doesn't Impact Patient Outcome: Study
A new study appearing in the JAMA Internal Medicine did not find a correlation between physician spending and better patient outcomes. So reports The New York Times.
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