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Endogenous Regulation

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Regulation that emerges from within the system through judgment, deliberation, and contextual interpretation—as opposed to exogenous regulation imposed through rules, metrics, or external constraints.

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Professional medical judgment about treatment is endogenous regulation. Standardised treatment protocols imposed by insurance companies are exogenous regulation. The substitution invariant describes displacement of the former by the latter.

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ACC Section 1

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