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The solution to doctors over-testing in the UAE – and why it’s not being done

David Farbrother October 16, 2017

Physicians in GCC countries - and UAE in particular - are ordering more tests than can be justified by clinical pathways and guidelines. It's a practice known as laddering, and it's costing insurance companies in the Middle East a fortune.

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