Decision Analysis*
- 1 September 1997
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 79 (9) , 1404-1414
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-199709000-00018
Abstract
Of all practitioners who treat back pain, orthopaedic surgeons are the most expensive [9] . This distinction has been earned not because of high professional fees but rather because orthopaedic surgeons frequently order expensive, and perhaps unnecessary, diagnostic tests. Unnecessary testing may haKeywords
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