Almost the Half of employees in medical practices According to a survey, Violence exposed by patients.
As if from a Online survey the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicianswhich was made available to “Spiegel” (Saturday), 43 percent of doctors and medical assistants stated that in the past year once or several times during work “physically attacked or threatened“ to have been.
According to 48 percent of respondents, the number of attacks has increased in the past five years increasedAccording to the survey, a quarter of those who were attacked further steps action taken: call the police, file a report.
An “overburdened and broken health care system”
80 percent also reported verbal attacks such as insults against them in the past year. The survey shows that “regularly Red lines” are being crossed in private practices, says the chairman of the board of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Andreas Gassen, to “Spiegel”.
The Reasons The reasons for this are manifold. A “decline in values throughout society” is encountering an “overburdened and broken economy Health system“.
According to the information, around 7,500 medical employees in Germany were surveyed. (KNA)
