Doctors don’t care about patients’ wallets and some order MORE tests when they see the price, studies claim

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Doctors aren’t working with people’s budget in mind, new studies have revealed.

Experts previously thought that if doctors were shown the cost of tests they ordered for patients, the number and spending on these tests would decrease.

However a new study found that physicians don’t change their ordering behavior after seeing the price tag of an exam.

Read more of the original article from DailyMail.

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