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Re:Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically a... by conanbatt on Friday March 02, 2018 @11:02AM (#16502584)
Good reason to shy away care for bad patients if it affects your stats.

Surgeons do this today to maintain a high success rate.

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Re:Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically a... by saint_fiasco on Monday March 05, 2018 @01:20PM (#16523066)
Either make that count as a forfeit or hire specialized diagnosticians who make the prognosis and rate the surgeons on how well they do relative to the prognosis.
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