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To: Alighieri who wrote (537819)12/21/2009 12:24:28 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575781
 
Yes, we know what CBO thought (in '04), without any scientific evidence to support the position at all.

Here is a more recent study, from this year, which was done with an actual SURVEY:

"About 83 percent reported practicing defensive medicine, with an average of between 18 percent and 28 percent of tests, procedures, referrals, and consultations and 13 percent of hospitalizations ordered for defensive reasons. "

advance.uconn.edu

Or check out the Kessler and McClellan study -- pretty much the previously acknowledged experts on the subject (although CBO doesn't think so LOL) which found that in '05 the cost of defensive medicine was between $100B and $178B/year.

You cite the most incompetent study on the subject -- one conducted by a government agency without any scientific data, at all. I could easily list here 10 studies supporting my position.

Typical.



To: Alighieri who wrote (537819)12/21/2009 12:32:45 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575781
 
>> and CBO continues to explore it using other research methods.

How about asking doctors, "How often do you order a procedure solely because you feel the need to protect yourself from liability exposure"? Did they ever think of THAT?

Well, other people did. And the results couldn't be clearer.

The CBO claim doesn't pass the laugh test. There isn't a physician in the country who, in his heart, believes that bullshit.


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