BMJ 2005;331:966 (22 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7522.966
Letter
Do GPs deserve their pay rise?
IBM is replacing EBM
EDITOR—Income based medicine (IBM) is replacing evidence based medicine (EBM).1 When general practitioners are more concerned about whether the blood pressure is down to 140 systolic than whether the acute sciatica has subsided, a serious divergence develops between the priorities of the patient and the doctor. The government pays the piper, but we who pay the government can't call the tune.
G H Hall, retired physician
Exeter EX1 2HW h.2{at}which.net
Competing interests: None declared.
References
- Timmins N. Do GPs deserve their recent pay rise? BMJ
2005;331: 800. (8 October.)
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