Inconvenient truths about supplier induced demand and unwarranted variation in medical practice

Inconvenient truths about supplier induced demand and unwarranted variation in medical practice

Doctors need to confront the implications of variation in clinical practice and improve the quality of medical decision making

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:BMJ Vol. 339; no. oct20 2; p. b4073
Main Author: Mulley, Albert G
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 20-10-2009
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects:
Cardiovascular disease
Coronary vessels
Decision Making
Delivery of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Health Services Needs and Demand - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals
Humans
Hyperplasia
Medical referrals
Medicare
Medicare - statistics & numerical data
Patients
Per capita
Primary Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Professional Practice - statistics & numerical data
Prostate cancer
Referral and Consultation - statistics & numerical data
Regions
Sexual disorders
Suppliers
Surgeons
Surgery
Surgical outcomes
Surgical Procedures, Operative - statistics & numerical data
United States
Vein & artery diseases
United States
England
Canada
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
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Summary:Doctors need to confront the implications of variation in clinical practice and improve the quality of medical decision making
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ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.b4073