title: Overutilization and M.D. self-referrals.
abstract: In sum, as government and industry look for new methods of curbing expanding health care costs, it seems inevitable that all parties will continue to look to the effect of self-referral to determine whether the practice fuels the rise in health care costs.
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authors: Kazon
mesh_terms: D003954:Diagnostic Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000191:economics*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services