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Article: Largest Study in Michigan of Regional Variations in Surgical Procedures And Intensity of Care in the Last Six Months of Life; Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care in Michigan Released in Soft Cover.
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- October 19, 2000
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DETROIT, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ --
The largest study of its kind in Michigan showing how surgical procedures and intensity of care in the last six months of life vary depending on where a patient lives was released in soft cover today.
Funded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, the study was authored by nationally respected researchers John E. Wennberg, M.D., M.P.H., and David Wennberg, M.D., M.P.H, who specialize in analyzing how health care services vary by geographic region. Dr. John Wennberg is director of Dartmouth Medical School's Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences and Dr. David Wennberg is the director of the Center for Outcomes ...