Some general practitioners would prescribe too many long-term work stoppages, estimates the Health Insurance. The doctors answer him.
Long-term work stoppages prescribed by doctors are in the sights of Health Insurance! According to a document consulted by Agence France Presse (AFP), the organization is preparing an action plan to reduce expenses related to work stoppages.
In 2013, more than 203.6 million days were compensated for sickness benefiting 4.7 million people and at a cost of 7 billion, the report said. Faced with this salty slate, calls to order will be sent to doctors who prescribe, without any particular justification compared to other colleagues, more stops and of longer duration. A threat that has not gone unanswered from the medical unions.
MG France talks about the effects of the crisis
In a press release published on Thursday, the main general practitioners’ union, MG France, justifies these prescriptions: occupational disease, while the lowering of the retirement age begins to have its effects, the Health Insurance and the public authorities are curiously surprised to see an increase in the length of sick leaves due to musculoskeletal disorders and depressive syndromes. “
For these trade unionists, the attitude of the doctors would avoid in addition to the tragedies: “In an equally simplistic way, the Health Insurance reproaches the prescribers, most often general practitioners, these long stops as well as their prescriptions of antidepressants. She thus seems to forget that France has one of the highest suicide rates in Europe and that suffering at work is an increasingly recognized reality. “
In response to the accusations, MG France prefers instead to highlight the role of “social shock absorber” of the general practitioner treating himself and is pleased that he thus brings “support and care to suffering employees. “
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