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Family Physicians' Knowledge of Commonly Overused Treatments and Tests

Douglas Maurer, Mark Stephens, Brian Reamy, Brian Crownover, Paul Crawford and Tammy Chang
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2014, 27 (5) 699-703; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140003
Douglas Maurer
From the Madigan Army Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, Tacoma, WA (DM); the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (MS, BR); the Nellis Air Force Base Family Medicine Residency, Nellis AFB, NV (BC, PC); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (TC).
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Mark Stephens
From the Madigan Army Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, Tacoma, WA (DM); the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (MS, BR); the Nellis Air Force Base Family Medicine Residency, Nellis AFB, NV (BC, PC); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (TC).
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Brian Reamy
From the Madigan Army Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, Tacoma, WA (DM); the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (MS, BR); the Nellis Air Force Base Family Medicine Residency, Nellis AFB, NV (BC, PC); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (TC).
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Brian Crownover
From the Madigan Army Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, Tacoma, WA (DM); the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (MS, BR); the Nellis Air Force Base Family Medicine Residency, Nellis AFB, NV (BC, PC); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (TC).
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Paul Crawford
From the Madigan Army Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, Tacoma, WA (DM); the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (MS, BR); the Nellis Air Force Base Family Medicine Residency, Nellis AFB, NV (BC, PC); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (TC).
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Tammy Chang
From the Madigan Army Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, Tacoma, WA (DM); the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (MS, BR); the Nellis Air Force Base Family Medicine Residency, Nellis AFB, NV (BC, PC); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (TC).
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