A2: Healthcare

The Ann Arbor-based Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation released a report on Sunday showing that different regions in Michigan have a high degree of variation in the use of certain tests and procedures. An article in the Detroit Free Press quotes Marianne Udow Phillips, director of the center, who said the variations may reflect the fact that doctors’ treatment preferences are partly determined by how other physicians in that area practice medicine or by a community’s general beliefs and trends. [Source] [Link to the CHRT report]