A new study examines whether physician preferences for certain types of patients may play a role in practice variation.
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A blog post in Health Affairs underscores that individual practice variation across physicians may be the most basic unit of health care utilization and cost variation. This variation is likely driven both by physician practice styles and preferences and patient preferences.
http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/09/23/physician-level-practice-variation-who-you-see-is-what-you-get/About this Blog
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