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Marty makary

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Health care
Cost of cancer care varies widely in U.S.
Published Feb 20, 2018
Oncology service costs routinely exceed what Medicare will pay by 100% to 500%
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Health care
Unneeded care common, doctors say
Published Sept 6, 2017
In survey, physicians indicate overtreatment is driven by fear of malpractice, patient demand, profit motives
Patient safety
Study: Medical errors No. 3 cause of death in U.S.
Published May 3, 2016
Diagnostic errors, medical mistakes led to more than 250,000 deaths in 2013, researchers estimate
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Commentary
Sick and tired?
Published Oct 8, 2015
Preventable food, sleep deprivation all too common in hospitals, Hopkins experts say / Hopkins Medicine
Surgery surveillance
Published May 2013
Surgeon suggests using video to document procedures, use as a teaching tool, determine what's going right or wrong / Gazette
Learning from mistakes
Published Sept 24, 2012
Medical errors are alarmingly frequent, Johns Hopkins surgeon writes, and little is being done about it / The Wall Street Journal