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Why we're wasting money on medical tests and how behavioural insights can help

  • Written by Peter Bragge, Associate Professor, Healthcare Quality Improvement (QI) at Behaviour Works, Monash University
imageDoctors know most scans for low back pain are useless, but they have trouble convincing patients. from www.shutterstock.com

In 2013 and 2014, more than 314,000 CT scans of the lower back were ordered in Australia, most of which showed no abnormalities. In routine cases of low back pain, X-rays and CT scans provide no meaningful information to guide...

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