11.   The oversupply of doctors in many specialties and in urban areas of the country, they say, results in unnecessary tests, procedures and referrals to other doctors.

12.   Military experts have argued France still lacks the computer simulation needed to render unnecessary new tests on Mururoa Atoll in French Polynesia.

13.   Regulators also want to reimburse doctors for each illness treated rather than service provided, to discourage unnecessary tests and treatments.