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He decides \u2013 or pretends to decide \u2013 the tests to undergo and the medicines to take. It is the Italian patient who emerges from a survey by Altroconsumo in collaboration with the Mario Negri Institute after interviews with a thousand people between the ages of 30 and 74.<\/p>\n
We even get to change doctors<\/strong><\/p>\n According to the research, it was the 93% who asked for a drug or a diagnostic test and in 61% the request was refused by the doctor. But not all of them resigned because the 19% of the patients insisted and the 6% went to another doctor.<\/p>\n The 20% does not follow the prescriptions<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWaste for 10 billion\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cSometimes tests are done in the name of 'defensive medicine',\u201d he said Paul Martinello<\/strong>, president of the Altroconsumo foundation. However, this "generates wastage of public money of 10 billion euros, about 10% of health expenditure, in a system already tested by cuts, inefficiencies and cases of corruption".<\/p>\n Consumers \u2013 06\/14\/2016<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Research Altroconsumo Mario Negri Institute<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Related news: Other consumption. Useless exams: here is the government's "appropriateness" decree. But it's just an "exam cut"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Healthcare, Ugl: "Saving yes but not at the risk of life"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Where does health care go? Is the government reforming or counter-reforming? Let's reopen the debate once and for all<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n NHS crisis, the recipe can no longer be private healthcare<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n![\"aaamedico04\"](\"http:\/\/www.consumatrici.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/aaamedico04.jpg\")
Even the prescriptions are not observed, at least by 20% of the people interviewed, who prefer to do it yourself, ignoring the health recommendations. Finally in 36% of the cases useless examinations were prescribed.<\/p>\n