Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3475026 | Italian Journal of Medicine | 2010 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
These findings point to a trend toward the practice of excessively defensive medicine. Greater responsibility among physicians and the promotion of primary and secondary measures of preventive hygiene are fundamental to reduce the prescriptive pressure, a goal that should also have beneficial effects on health-care costs.
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Authors
Renato Malta, Salvatore Di Rosa, Natale D'Alessandro,