31.   Allen described a confusing and inefficient health care system in which patients get care that is too expensive and unnecessary -- AIDS hospice care being a case in point.

32.   Breast cancer patients got on the bandwagon.

33.   Borgen said the study confirmed his personal observation that many patients got incomplete treatment.

34.   Built-in biosensors ensure the patient gets exactly the right dose.

35.   But changes have also been introduced before the patient ever gets to the hospital.

36.   But he also criticized the research for not trying to pin down which patients were getting appropriate care.

37.   But instead of a miracle, the patient got amebiasis -- a diarrhea-inducing disease caused by food or water contaminated with fecal material.

38.   But in many cases, patients get no useful information because doctors can block the release of assessments of their performance.

39.   But some patients do not get clot-busters when they need them.

40.   But two patients treated subsequently got appropriate doses of the drug, Cytoxan.