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Health systems that employ fewer primary care physicians, have higher bed counts or are investor owned were more likely to provide more unnecessary or low-value care, researchers from Johns Hopkins University found, reports Becker’s Hospital Review. The low-value services previously identified as unnecessary included services such as pap smears for women older than 65, an abdominal CT scan with and without contrast and spinal fusions for back pain, according to the study.