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Gross Exams of Tonsils 'Not Cost-Effective,' Says Researcher
In the search to eliminate inefficient or useless types of expensive care, a University of Michigan researcher points to the thousands of unnecessary pathology exams of tonsils surgically removed from children, exams that cost $35 million a year in the U.S.