Information patients use to pick physicians not always good predictor of quality

When looking for a new physician, patients are often encouraged to select those who are board certified or who have not made payments on malpractice claims. Yet these characteristics are not always a good predictor of which physicians will provide the highest quality medical care, according to a new study from the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research organisation, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine...

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