Posted on 04/05/2023 3:03:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Doctor burnout has been linked to overprescribing opioids and antibiotics, a new study suggests.
The study published in the British Journal of General Practice found that general practitioners who work long hours are up to five times more likely to prescribe high levels of medications.
Researchers at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) center at the University of Manchester surveyed 320 GPs over 57 practices between December 2019 and April 2020 for signs of burnout including emotional exhaustion, low job satisfaction and feeling detached from colleagues and patients. They linked the burnout scores to an analysis of UK data from 13,483 patients on strong opioid prescriptions and 26,744 patients on antibiotics over the same four-month period.
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Because they aren’t. Doctors are burned out because they are no longer free to practice medicine.
In the US they are in a danged if they do and danged if they don’t scenario.
They can get in trouble if they underprescribe just like they can get in trouble if they overprescribe.
I think that’s why a lot of doctors refer to pain clinics now. Takes the liability away from the doctor. But adds to the bureaucracy, the cost to both the system and the insurer.
The NYP is disgusting today.
Last couple of times I had a sinus infection I had to fight tooth and nail to get an antibiotic.
“Why do they have to prescribe so many antibiotics, when it’s causing so much damage?”
I’d guess because they care more about saving the patients right in front of them than they do about whether antibiotics get less effective in the long term.
Because of this?
Bacterial infection?
How is it saving them?
No they have been at it all day. This is the least of it.
Biden is probably happy with them today.
You don’t understand how infections work, is that it?
Yeah. But they are so afraid of overprescribing that they are letting bacterial infections run wild and spread.
What country? In the U.S. they prescribe antibiotics like crazy.
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