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EBM can reduce
unnecessary investigations: Experts
Whether it is the fear of Consumer Protection Act,
or lack of sound clinical judgment, or just a case of
making ends meet, unnecessary investigations in healthcare
are on the rise.
TPAs
find 5.5 pc commission per policy too low
Barely a month after the four major public sector
insurance companies appointed a total of 18 third party
administrators (TPAs) all across the country to service
their claims, questions are being raised on the sustainability
of these TPAs in the long run.
Radiologists
harassed by PNDT Act
Several Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and
government bodies alike have deemed the imposed ban
on Sex Determination Test (SDT) in the Pre Natal Diagnostic
Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act,
1994, as the most efficient tool to curb the alarming
number of female foeticide in the country.
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Issue
Dtd.
15th to 30th September 2002
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