RT Journal
A1 Kale MS, Bishop TF, Federman AD, Keyhani S
T1 “Top 5” lists top $5 billion
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2011
FD November 14
VO 171
IS 20
SP 1858
OP 1859
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.501
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.501
AB 
The Good Stewardship Working Group presented the top 5 overused clinical activities across 3 primary care specialties (pediatrics, internal medicine, and family medicine), as chosen by physician panel consensus.1 All activities were believed to be common in primary care but of little benefit to patients. We examined the frequency and associated costs of these activities using a national sample of ambulatory care visits.