TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - The Importance of Zip Codes and Genetic Codes: Variation in Resource Utilization A1 - Moriates, Christopher A1 - Arora, Vineet A1 - Shah, Neel PY - 2015 T2 - Understanding Value-Based Healthcare AB - James is an 11-year-old boy who has had a persistent dry cough and sore throat for the past 3 weeks. Overall he feels fine but just cannot seem to shake this nagging cough. He has had three separate sore throats this winter. His mother is a bit concerned because her older son did not seem to get as many colds while he was in elementary school. She takes him to the pediatrician to get “checked out.” The pediatrician examines the young boy and reassures her that overall he is healthy and doing okay, but that due to three episodes of a sore throat, he recommends that James get a tonsillectomy. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106934050 ER -