Before roughly 1990 physicians rarely looked up patient-specific information because it was too time-intensive and they couldn't read the statistics; the internet now gives every physician a massive library, and graded treatments let even statistically unskilled doctors calibrate how much discretion to exercise.

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Ian Ayres

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now the internet has arrived so every physician has a massive library through the internet available these treatments have grades attached to them

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Ian Ayres on Super Crunchers and the Power of Data 10/22/2007EconTalk
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