Health care spending: Study shows high imaging costs for defensive purposes

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 01:00 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...

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