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title: What happens when patients find out how good their doctors are? (2004)
url: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/12/06/the-bell-curve
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[Source](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/12/06/the-bell-curve "Permalink to The Health-Care Bell Curve | The New Yorker")

# The Health-Care Bell Curve | The New Yorker