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From the Ted Talk by Christer Mjåset: 4 questions you should always ask your doctor

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Recent research has shown that the difference of treatment effect between regular physical therapy and operations for the knee — there is no difference. Meaning that most of the procedures pefremrod on the chart I've just shown could have been avoided, even in Stavanger. So what am I trying to tell you here? Even though most iictdinoans for treatments in the world are standardized, there is a lot of unnecessary variation of treatment decisions, especially in the Western world. Some plepoe are not getting the tamtneert that they need, but an even gaeertr portion of you are being overtreated.

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Recent research has shown that the difference of treatment effect between regular physical therapy and operations for the knee — there is no difference. Meaning that most of the procedures _________ on the chart I've just shown could have been avoided, even in Stavanger. So what am I trying to tell you here? Even though most ___________ for treatments in the world are standardized, there is a lot of unnecessary variation of treatment decisions, especially in the Western world. Some ______ are not getting the _________ that they need, but an even _______ portion of you are being overtreated.

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  1. treatment
  2. people
  3. indications
  4. greater
  5. performed

Original Text


Recent research has shown that the difference of treatment effect between regular physical therapy and operations for the knee — there is no difference. Meaning that most of the procedures performed on the chart I've just shown could have been avoided, even in Stavanger. So what am I trying to tell you here? Even though most indications for treatments in the world are standardized, there is a lot of unnecessary variation of treatment decisions, especially in the Western world. Some people are not getting the treatment that they need, but an even greater portion of you are being overtreated.

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