What proportion of common diagnostic tests appear redundant?

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Published in Am J Med on April 01, 1998

Authors

D W Bates1, D L Boyle, E Rittenberg, G J Kuperman, N Ma'Luf, V Menkin, J W Winkelman, M J Tanasijevic

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Applied Medical Information Systems, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

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