title: Too much money wasted on frivolous applications for CPP disability benefits.
abstract: Family physician Samuel Shortt discusses Canada Pension Plan disability-benefit applications from the doctor's perspective. He thinks physicians are being forced to complete too many of the forms that have little if any chance of being approved.
authors.affiliation: Queen's University.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shortt
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003363:Cost Control; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D018868:Insurance, Disability / Q000191:economics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010415:Pensions; D010819:Physician's Role