Inaccurate Data in Solving the Medical Care Dilemma

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To the Editor: Caper's editorial in the June 9 issue* cited inaccurate data, which he used to criticize the physicians of La Jolla, California, for overusing coronary-artery bypass surgery. The extent of damage from the editorial is indeterminable, but it has already been cited in the San Diego newspapers and in a reply from a private foundation to a grant request.Dr. Caper, the president of the Codman Research Group, used data from a California data commission that showed that residents of La Jolla had a threefold greater frequency of coronary bypass surgery than residents of Palo Alto. He used . . .

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