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. 2014 Nov;174(11):1867-8.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.4649.

The cost of defensive medicine on 3 hospital medicine services

Michael B Rothberg  1 , Joshua Class  2 , Tara F Bishop  3 , Jennifer Friderici  4 , Reva Kleppel  5 , Peter K Lindenauer  6
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The cost of defensive medicine on 3 hospital medicine services

Michael B Rothberg et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Nov.
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Proportion of orders deemed to be defensive by order type.
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Proportion of Hospital Costs Due to Defensive Medicine
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