High Physician Concern About Malpractice Risk Predicts More Aggressive Diagnostic Testing In Office-Based Practice

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I was most inspired by @MichelleM_Mello's paper on how physicians with greater malpractice concerns were more likely to order defensive diagnostic testing, but that this testing was not consistently related to more objective malpractice risk measures. h…

Physician + Fear of Malpractice = more tests, even if the fear isn't real - Study shows #healthcare http://t.co/mawAlxDLFX

Physician + Fear of Malpractice = more tests, even if the fear isn't real - Study shows #healthcare http://t.co/lYAAH88cDt

MT @MaryDixonWoods: US study finds doctors' fear of malpractice drives aggressive diagnostic testing http://t.co/kR4PHH1CTv

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