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[Excessive medical care menace quality]

S Martinoli1

  • 1Service de chirurgie, Ospedale Civico, Lugano.

Swiss Surgery = Schweizer Chirurgie = Chirurgie Suisse = Chirurgia Svizzera
|January 1, 1995
PubMed
Summary

Excessive medical services, especially surgery, reduce healthcare quality. Training doctors to critically evaluate indications and observe practice variations is crucial for improving quality and reducing therapeutic insecurity.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical quality improvement
  • Surgical practice analysis
  • Healthcare economics

Context:

  • Medicine and surgery risk over-servicing.
  • Excessive medical interventions compromise patient care quality.
  • Therapeutic insecurity in physicians impacts decision-making.

Purpose:

  • To highlight the risks of excessive medical services.
  • To emphasize the need for reducing therapeutic insecurity in physicians.
  • To advocate for improved quality in medical and surgical training.

Summary:

  • Over-servicing in medicine, particularly surgery, leads to a decline in healthcare quality.
  • Addressing and minimizing therapeutic insecurity among physicians is essential for optimal patient outcomes.
  • Training programs must incorporate observation of geographic variations in operative frequency and critical appraisal of indications.

Impact:

  • Enhances understanding of quality loss due to over-treatment.
  • Provides strategies for improving physician confidence and reducing unnecessary procedures.
  • Contributes to the development of higher-quality medical and surgical education.

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