Putting a bunny on a doctor could soon become expensive for offenders. The CSMF, spokesperson for doctors, pleads in favor of sanctions imposed on patients who do not go to the scheduled appointments. Practitioners are fed up with the loss of time and the loss of income caused by these consultations lost.
A study carried out in February and March on the initiative of health professionals from Franche-Comté and carried out among 1,900 liberal doctors in the region provides a quantified overview of this mismanagement: two hours a week would be wasted because of these appointments. – you not canceled, i.e. between 6 and 8 consultations per health professional.
On the scale of Franche-Comté, the region where the survey took place, this amounts to a loss of 500,000 consultations per year in the region. Extrapolating to France, this would make 28 million lost consultations according to an estimate made by The Parisian which unveils the study. This shortfall would amount to 742 million euros for all French doctors.
Is a consultation like a plane ticket?
We understand better why practitioners get angry. From there to forcing the “drying” patients to put their hands in their pockets? This sanction would be totally justified, according to Michel Chassang, the president of the CSMF, questioned by the newspaper: “You have to strike hard (…) A missed consultation is due. When you buy a plane ticket and cancel, we pay !” As long as we consider that a medical consultation is a service comparable to going on vacation …
