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Eric Patashnik

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The Big Idea
Why American doctors keep doing expensive procedures that don’t workWhy American doctors keep doing expensive procedures that don’t work
The Big Idea

The proportion of medical procedures unsupported by evidence may be nearly half.

By Eric Patashnik