Visit to same doctor reduces risk of death, study finds

The review of studies shows that visiting always the same doctor reduces the risk of death. In a review of studies conducted in nine different countries, researchers from St. Leonard's Medical University of Exeter, both in England, concluded that visiting the same doctor – General Practitioners and Other Specialty Practitioners – Decrease Mortality Rates.

Of the 22 inquiries that scientists have uncovered in this review, however, since studies used different methods of measuring profit, it was impossible to determine the extent of this – or

L & # 39; one of the researches badyzed included data collected from 396,838 diabetics in Taiwan between 1997 and 2009. In this study, the mortality rate of patients followed by a professional was half of those who jumped from an office to the other

That does not stop there. Studies show that people who regularly attend the same doctors are more satisfied, more likely to follow their recommendations, seek prevention and immunization more often, and experience fewer unnecessary hospitalizations.

It is necessary to observe the results with a dose of caution. This is because the increased mortality among people who consult various physicians can come from the fact that more complex (and life-threatening) diseases are usually also more difficult to solve for any doctor. And, when you do not see your health status improve, you tend to change professional, is not it?

According to this hypothesis, it would not be the ambulance clinics that would be the cause of the longevity observed in the review, the severity of the frame. Still, it makes sense to think that having a trusted doctor is good for your health.

"When the patient consults a physician he already knows, the conversation is more open and the same staff, so he can adapt the recommendations and administer the treatment in a more subtle way," says Denis Pereira Gray , family physician and study leader, in a press release.