Characteristics Associated With Physician Discipline
Author(s) -
Neal Kohatsu,
Dawn Gould,
Leslie Ross,
Patrick J. Fox
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.164.6.653
Subject(s) - medicine , specialty , family medicine , certification , board certification , odds ratio , obstetrics and gynaecology , odds , credential , medical education , continuing medical education , pregnancy , management , continuing education , political science , logistic regression , biology , law , economics , genetics
There has been increasing attention devoted to patient safety. However, the focus has been on system improvements rather than individual physician performance issues. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is an association between certain physician characteristics and the likelihood of medical board-imposed discipline.
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