Would This Picture Help You Shop for a Doctor?

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Attention all you design and #nudge fans. Here is a graphic from ProPublica that attempts to help people choose a physician.
Would This Picture Help You Shop for your Doctor
Do you think it works? What would you do to improve it?

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