In this months survey, we asked:
For how many of your patients does affordability compel you to offer sub-optimal treatment?
We welcome your comments below; selected comments will be included in the article when it appears in our May edition.
May Survey | Have Your Say!
Peter
Peter is a Director of Modern Media Publishing and is the publisher for Modern Medicine Magazine.
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How do you feel about this and who do you think is to blame?
Although people are ultimately responsible for themselves the system demands that the needs of the pharmaceutical industry and private medical industry. Also the perception that medical staff receive remuneration beyond the needs of the countries majority population. The solution? Not so easy! Lennart Eriksson
Our practice tries to never give suboptimal treatment, but as we work in close cooperation with our local clinic, we refer patiets there especially if they need chronic treatment that they cannot afford
I work in the private sector and find medical aids are far too restrictive and proscriptive in what we can prescribe. I would love to prescribe ethical products exclusively. Time for people to stop accepting what the medical aids dictate to them!!
probably patients lack of giving their health the necessary priority and the current economic state