51.   Eight patients got the inside-the-bone nail and BMP, and all eight healed without needing a second operation.

52.   Even if patients can get to the emergency room in time, physicians must take care to select only those patients most likely to benefit.

53.   Even in these studies, the technicians knew which patient was getting what.

54.   Foa and Wilson suggest that patients get some perspective on the fear of workplace checking and decide whether the frequent checks are necessary.

55.   Ferentz acknowledges that a doctor can miss a diagnosis that a patient gets right.

56.   Four patients got the external brace, and only one healed without a second operation.

57.   Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a big Bay State HMO, cut in half the list of procedures for which patients must get prior approval from plan administrators.

58.   He and his co-authors said it was imperative that doctors acted to make sure that black patients got the lung surgery they needed.

59.   Health care costs should fall on balance as patients get more effective drugs, though at higher prices.

60.   Heart patients get a new treatment.