(244 pages)
Had seen great reviews on this but did not find it all that useful - that's not really a knock on the book, but Taleb and Kahneman (just read within the last few weeks/months) cover a lot of similar concepts in a way that I found more helpful.
Jena is "Freakanomics" podcast host; I don't listen to these but I know they are highly regarded.
Some of the studies have been in the news - how ADHD diagnoses fall on the very youngest boys in a class; the effect on cardiac patient care if an incident happens when the big guns are off at a conference. Also look at things like the effect of a provider's birthday on care, whether it's better to have a younger or older doctor in hospitalist (get younger unless older consistently handles high volume) or surgery (probably the older) settings, etc.
But studies are notoriously difficult to construct so have limits; no clear takeaway here, I think we best continue to rely on referrals. But there are items to keep in mind.
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