LUGPA Responds
The Large Urology Group Practice Association is strongly disputing the findings in a study published by Jean Mitchell in the journal Health Affairs earlier this week. This study, funded by the College of American Pathology (CAP) and the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) scurrilously attacks urologists for practicing in accordance with prevailing standards of care. This article
- utilizes fundamentally unsound methodology;
- misrepresents international standards of care in the diagnosis of prostate cancer;
- arbitrarily selects small numbers of groups for study; and,
- ignores years of available data.
LUGPA is committed to protecting the rights of patients to access comprehensive urological services of the highest quality at locations of their own choosing, and strongly supports practitioners who are practicing state-of-the-art medical care in accordance with evidence based clinical guidelines.
Click here for a complete analysis of the study and accurate information about the standard of care in urology.