GEOPOL · @geopol
9 followers · 223 posts · Server universeodon.com
Canada's Dental Program
The program is not the problem..... Trudeau's BLIND EYE on many dentists CRONY PRACTICES & OVERBILLING is the problem !!!
#Trudeau #dentists #overtreatment #overbilling
See for yourself
#trudeau #dentists #overtreatment #overbilling
GEOPOL · @geopol
9 followers · 223 posts · Server universeodon.comCanada's Dental Program
The program is not the problem..... Trudeau's BLIND EYE on many dentists CRONY PRACTICES & OVERBILLING is the problem !!!
#trudeau #dentists #overtreatment #overbilling
Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode: · @publicvoit
1791 followers · 12906 posts · Server graz.social#Health Services as Credence Goods: a Field Experiment
https://academic.oup.com/ej/article-abstract/130/629/1346/5766223
"a test patient who does not need treatment is sent to 180 #dentists [...]. [...] we vary the socio-economic status of the patient and whether a second opinion signal is sent."
"We observe an #overtreatment recommendation rate of 28% [...]. [...] fewer overtreatment recommendations for patients with higher socio-economic status"
"Dentists with shorter waiting times are more likely to propose unnecessary treatment."
#health #dentists #overtreatment
Dan Hind · @DanHind
49 followers · 32 posts · Server med-mastodon.com
Great article in JRSM (paywall):
"Seemingly logical assumptions about treatments can be misleading." Free here:
https://www.jameslindlibrary.org/essays-essay/1-3-seemingly-logical-assumptions-about-treatments-can-be-misleading/
Do not assume that:
- treatment is needed
- more treatment is better
- a treatment is helpful
or safe based on how widely used it is or has been
- a treatment is better based on how new or technologically impressive it is
- earlier detection of 'disease’ is better
#ebm #overtreatment #harms #screening #technoutopianism