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Physicians Unlikely To Get Routine Medical Care
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Business New Haven
1/22/2001
By: BNH
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NEW HAVEN - “Doctor: Heal Thyself?” is the title of a new study led by a Yale researcher that suggests that many physicians are unlikely to see a doctor on a regular basis.
Cary Gross, assistant professor of internal and general medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, reported that approximately one in three physicians surveyed did not have a regular source of care. The researchers also found that medical specialty and beliefs about the control of health outcomes were directly linked to whether or not a physician sought regular care. The study also found that not having a regular source of care had a significant negative impact on use of preventive services several years later.
Researchers found that physicians who were “fatalistic,” indicating that their health was ultimately controlled by chance rather than by the actions of themselves or their physicians, were significantly less likely to have a regular source of care.
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