title: Series introduction: doing the right thing to control health care costs.
authors.affiliation: Senior Vice President for Medical Education, Medical Education Division, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA palguire@acponline.org.
authors.forename: Patrick C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Alguire
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000191:economics*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D014481:United States; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures / Q000191:economics*