STAT - After Malpractice Caps, Doctors Ordered Fewer Invasive Tests to Diagnose Heart Attacks

Ali Moghtaderi, PhD, assistant research professor of clinical research and leadership, spoke to STAT for an article about a recent GW study that found doctors' behavior when diagnosing heart attacks can be impacted by whether or not the state they are practicing in has enacted a law capping malpractice damages.

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