Health care spending: Study shows high imaging costs for defensive purposes
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 05:10
in Health & Medicine
Nearly 35 percent of all the imaging costs ordered for 2,068 orthopaedic patient encounters in Pennsylvania were ordered for defensive purposes, according to a new study presented today at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).