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Over 150 potentially low-value health care practices: an Australian study

Andrej Bece, Christopher Hamilton and Brigid E Hickey
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): . || doi: 10.5694/mja13.10080
Published online: 17 June 2013

To the Editor: We read the recent study by Elshaug and colleagues with interest, but were concerned by the inclusion of radiotherapy for spinal cord disease as a potentially low-value intervention. The lack of clinical review in the identification process appears to be the key driver in coming to this erroneous conclusion.

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