Do doctors practice defensive medicine?

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 352-390

  Kessler, Daniel ^a   McClellan, Mark ^a  

^a NONE

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EID: 0000492943     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2946682     Document Type: Article

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