October 14th, 2014
Inappropriate Cardiac Stress Tests May Cost Half a Billion Dollars a Year
Larry Husten, PHD
Inappropriate cardiac stress tests may cost the U.S. healthcare system as much as half a billion dollars each year, according to a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Joseph Ladapo and colleagues set out to analyze long-term trends in the use of cardiac stress testing in the U.S. Using data from national surveys, they found […]
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