Dartmouth Study Looks At When Doctors And Patients Clash Over ‘Unnecessary’ Care – WBUR

Read article - Features a new study conducted by researchers at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, which examined whether or not doctors' actions are influenced by an interest in controlling health care costs. The researchers surveyed clinicians at Atrius Health, Massachusetts' largest outpatient care provider, to determine what drives physicians to order tests they don't think are in a patient's best interest, and whether doctors were interested in controlling costs. The researchers found a big gap between physicians' desire to limit costly and low-value care, and their ability to do so.