28% of physicians'
orders and 13% of costs were classified as at least "partially
defensive" medicine, but only 2.9% of costs were considered
"completely defensive".
Source: "The
Cost of Defensive Medicine on 3 Hospital Medicine Services," JAMA Internal
Medicine, September 15, 2014, http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1904758
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