This Week: Reena and Amol want you to: 1. Appreciate the challenges in reducing unplanned readmissions to hospital and concerns about that metric as a quality indicator. 2. Recognize that malpractice reform in three US states did not reduce the intensity of physician practice or resource utilization, suggesting that “defensive medicine” may not be a large ...

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