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The high costs of unnecessary care.

Carroll AE. The High Costs of Unnecessary Care. JAMA. 2017;318(18):1748-1749. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.16193.

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November 22, 2017
Carroll AE. JAMA. 2017;318(18):1748-1749.
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The provision of unneeded care can result in physical, financial, and psychological harm to patients. This commentary explores factors in health care that contribute to overtreatment and recommends reducing financial incentives for providing low-value care by increasing transparency regarding clinician conflict of interest and engaging insurers in changing clinician behaviors.

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Carroll AE. The High Costs of Unnecessary Care. JAMA. 2017;318(18):1748-1749. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.16193.