This brings to mind some browsing I did a few days ago.
I was prompted by a news article which said that some people were diagnosed as type 2 diabetic when they weren't.
It is partly due to the way that GPs pay is calculated - by results - which includes having(counting) persons on their list with specified chronic illnesses - diabetes is one of them.
The incentive to diagnose certain illnesses and 'score ponts' for doing it is evident.
Points make (p)rises
