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Overutilization and M.D. self-referrals.

P Kazon
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In sum, as government and industry look for new methods of curbing expanding health care costs, it seems inevitable that all parties will continue to look to the effect of self-referral to determine whether the practice fuels the rise in health care costs.

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P Kazon. 1991. Overutilization and M.D. self-referrals.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10112457/

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