doctor shopv.
/ˈdɒktə ʃɒp/, U.S. /ˈdɑktər ˌʃɑp/ intransitive. To visit multiple doctors, either until one receives the desired medical opinion or treatment, or in order to obtain multiple prescriptions for controlled substances.
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1974 Rural Health Care Delivery: Proc. National Conf. Rural Health Maintenance Organizations 83 The Fund has never been able to realize the full potential benefit of the group practice system..in qualitative issues because of the ability of beneficiaries to ‘doctor shop’.
1999 L. M. Dahlquist Pediatric Pain Managem. xiii. 130 It is often difficult to engage parents in psychotherapy and difficult to prevent them from ‘doctor shopping’ until they find someone who will conduct the tests they request.
2020 Cairns Post (Austral.) (Nexis) 2 Jan. 16 A man faces charges after allegedly using another man's Medicare card to doctor shop.
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