I'm guessing you're in the US where this type of behaviour is typical.
Fortunately that is not the case in many other parts of the world where incentives are not as perverse.
(physician here)
Fortunately that is not the case in many other parts of the world where incentives are not as perverse.
(physician here)
Incentives absolutely are structurally perverse in other parts of the world.
They're just perverse in different ways, which often mask the effects to patients.