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Anticipating the unintended consequences of closing the door on physician self-referral.


AUTHORS

Resnick MJ , Graves AJ , Reynolds WS , Barocas DA , Van Horn RL , Buntin MB , Penson DF , . The Journal of urology. 2016 2 12; ().

ABSTRACT

While physician self-referral has been associated with increased health care utilization, the downstream effects of the practice remain poorly characterized. Accordingly, we sought to identify the relationship between urologist self-referral and downstream health care utilization in patients with urinary stone disease.


While physician self-referral has been associated with increased health care utilization, the downstream effects of the practice remain poorly characterized. Accordingly, we sought to identify the relationship between urologist self-referral and downstream health care utilization in patients with urinary stone disease.


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