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By Malcolm K. Sparrow. 240 pp. Boulder, Colo., Westview Press, 1996. $16.95. ISBN 0-8133-3068-8.

This is an important book that is not as good as it ought to be. Malcolm K. Sparrow is probably the only American academic with a serious interest in health care fraud. His topic is timely, and some of his observations and commentary are immensely valuable. It is therefore particularly disappointing that his book is hard to read, confusing even to the fairly knowledgeable reader, and frankly, irritating to a physician. It is still worth reading.

The best way to read this book is to start with part 3, "Prescription for Progress," which contains two chapters: "A Model Fraud-Control Strategy" . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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