Is it really always only the others who are to blame? GP's view on medical overuse. A questionnaire study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical overuse is a common problem in health care. Preventing unnecessary medicine is one of the main tasks of General Practice, so called quaternary prevention. We aimed to capture the current opinion of German General Practitioners (GPs) to medical overuse.

Methods

A quantitative online study was conducted. The questionnaire was developed based on a qualitative study and literature search. GPs were asked to estimate prevalence of medical overuse as well as to evaluate drivers and solutions of medical overuse. GPs in Bavaria were recruited via email (750 addresses). A descriptive data analysis was performed. Additionally the association between doctors' attitudes and (1) demographic variables and (2) interest in campaigns against medical overuse was assessed.

SUBMITTER: Pausch M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6961900 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature