What can Tiger Woods and Steve Kerr teach us about overuse of health care?

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William Shrank

William Shrank

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发布日期: 2017年8月1日

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More is not necessarily better.... Let's use these examples as a teachable moment.

https://healthaffairs.org/blog/2017/08/01/professional-athletes-and-back-surgery-a-teachable-moment-on-overuse-in-health-care/

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