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In another attempt to discredit physicians, USA Today came out with a piece that ran with the headline Kids get correct care from doctors less than half the time. The study was done by the RAND Corporation and published in the NEJM. It looked at 1500 kids and found that the following were the percentage of times that children received the recommended health care for certain illnesses:
Upper respiratory infection 92%
Acne 57%
Fever 51%
Urinary Tract Infection 48%
Asthma 46%
Well-child services 38%
Acute diarrhea 38%
Adolescent preventive 35%
Obviously, doctors in this country are terrible. That is what they are saying, right? Sorry, not buying it. Yes, there are doctors that do too much volume and either don’t do what is recommended or forget to document that they did it. Even so, I still don’t believe this data. Are you telling me that we can’t even treat acne correctly? No way. Expect more of these bogus studies to come as P4P continues to gain momentum which will only create an industry of watchdogs trying to make us look bad.
Upper respiratory infection 92%
Acne 57%
Fever 51%
Urinary Tract Infection 48%
Asthma 46%
Well-child services 38%
Acute diarrhea 38%
Adolescent preventive 35%
Obviously, doctors in this country are terrible. That is what they are saying, right? Sorry, not buying it. Yes, there are doctors that do too much volume and either don’t do what is recommended or forget to document that they did it. Even so, I still don’t believe this data. Are you telling me that we can’t even treat acne correctly? No way. Expect more of these bogus studies to come as P4P continues to gain momentum which will only create an industry of watchdogs trying to make us look bad.
