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Overutilization or abuse of the medical system

Running Head : PSYCHOLOGY

Overutilization of Medical Systems

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Overutilization of Medical Systems

Medical system overutilization involves the act of physicians within various care institutions offering medical attention and services in unnecessary ways . This leads to an abuse of systems specifically designed to meet health care expectations of the population . There are various organizations that have devoted themselves in provision of medical system with an aim of improving people 's lives , through means of helping medical professionals convey the best patient care . Medical

br system continually endeavors to be accountable , flexible and explicitly oriented to the entire healthcare organizations . Many doctors today are carrying out too much testing and following many procedures for the sake of just surviving leading to overutilization of the medical system (Robinson 2008 . One main form of overutilization of medical system is the use of medical services through new technologies for non curative purposes . They avoid lawsuits by raising the cost of medical service to cover the unwarranted costs

In the recent world , there is communal greed among the medical institutions . The doctors are aiming at providing as many services as possible daily so as to get prompt pre-payment for the services they offer . This has resulted to wide overutilization of the medical system There are effects associated with abuse of medical system . For instance the prescription by doctors to use marijuana as a therapeutic drug for those suffering from AIDS and other mental disorders is abusive . This is on the basis of the...

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