Patients whose physicians scored higher in LKA less likely to receive low-value care
Patients whose physicians scored higher in the first year of the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Internal Medicine Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment (LKA) were significantly less likely…
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