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Clinical practice guidelines and the overuse of health care services: need for reform

Ismail Jatoi and Sunita Sah
CMAJ March 18, 2019 191 (11) E297-E298; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.181496
Ismail Jatoi
Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery (Jatoi), University of Texas Health, San Antonio, Tex.; Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management (Sah), Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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Sunita Sah
Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery (Jatoi), University of Texas Health, San Antonio, Tex.; Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management (Sah), Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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vol. 191 no. 11 E297-E298
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.181496
PubMed 
30885967
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  • Published online March 17, 2019.
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  1. Ismail Jatoi, MD PhD,
  2. Sunita Sah, MD PhD
  1. Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery (Jatoi), University of Texas Health, San Antonio, Tex.; Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management (Sah), Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  1. Correspondence to: Ismail Jatoi, jatoi{at}uthscsa.edu

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