Disciplinary action against physicians: Who is likely to get disciplined?
PURPOSE: We sought to determine the characteristics of disciplined physicians at-large and the risk of disciplinary action over time and to report the type and frequency of complaints and the nature of disciplinary actions against allopathic physicians in Oklahoma. METHODS: Descriptive statistics, K...
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| author | Dimassi, Hani |
| author2 | Khaliq, Amir A. Huang, Chiung-Yu Narine, Lutchmie Smego, Raymond A. |
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| author_facet | Dimassi, Hani Khaliq, Amir A. Huang, Chiung-Yu Narine, Lutchmie Smego, Raymond A. |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Dimassi, Hani Khaliq, Amir A. Huang, Chiung-Yu Narine, Lutchmie Smego, Raymond A. |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2005 2015-09-29T09:10:10Z 2015-09-29T09:10:10Z 2015-09-29 |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | 0002-9343 http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2200 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.01.051 Khaliq, A. A., Dimassi, H., Huang, C. Y., Narine, L., & Smego, R. A. (2005). Disciplinary action against physicians: who is likely to get disciplined?. The American journal of medicine, 118(7), 773-777. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002934305001506 |
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| description | PURPOSE: We sought to determine the characteristics of disciplined physicians at-large and the risk of disciplinary action over time and to report the type and frequency of complaints and the nature of disciplinary actions against allopathic physicians in Oklahoma. METHODS: Descriptive statistics, Kaplan-Meier analysis, and Cox proportional hazards modeling of publicly available data on physicians licensed by the Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. RESULTS: Among 14 314 currently or previously licensed physicians, 396 (2.8%) had been disciplined. Using univariate proportional hazards analysis, men (P 0.04), non-whites (P 0.001), non-board-certified physicians (P 0.001), and those in family medicine (P 0.001), psychiatry (P 0.001), general practice (P 0.001), obstetrics-gynecology (P 0.03) and emergency medicine (P 0.001) were found to be at greater risk of being disciplined than other medical specialty groups. Foreign medical graduates had a higher risk of disciplinary action compared to US medical graduates (P 0.001), although this finding was not confirmed by multivariate analysis. Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that the proportion of physicians disciplined increased with each successive 10-year interval since first licensure. Complaints against physicians originated most often from the general public (66%), other physicians (5%), and staff (4%), and the complaints most frequently involved issues related to quality of care (25%), medication/prescription violations (19%), incompetence (18%), and negligence (17%). CONCLUSION: To improve physician behavior and reduce the need for disciplinary action, medical schools and residency training programs must continue to emphasize both patient care and medical professionalism as critical core competencies |
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| spelling | Disciplinary action against physicians: Who is likely to get disciplined?Dimassi, HaniKhaliq, Amir A.Huang, Chiung-YuNarine, LutchmieSmego, Raymond A.PURPOSE: We sought to determine the characteristics of disciplined physicians at-large and the risk of disciplinary action over time and to report the type and frequency of complaints and the nature of disciplinary actions against allopathic physicians in Oklahoma. METHODS: Descriptive statistics, Kaplan-Meier analysis, and Cox proportional hazards modeling of publicly available data on physicians licensed by the Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. RESULTS: Among 14 314 currently or previously licensed physicians, 396 (2.8%) had been disciplined. Using univariate proportional hazards analysis, men (P 0.04), non-whites (P 0.001), non-board-certified physicians (P 0.001), and those in family medicine (P 0.001), psychiatry (P 0.001), general practice (P 0.001), obstetrics-gynecology (P 0.03) and emergency medicine (P 0.001) were found to be at greater risk of being disciplined than other medical specialty groups. Foreign medical graduates had a higher risk of disciplinary action compared to US medical graduates (P 0.001), although this finding was not confirmed by multivariate analysis. Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that the proportion of physicians disciplined increased with each successive 10-year interval since first licensure. Complaints against physicians originated most often from the general public (66%), other physicians (5%), and staff (4%), and the complaints most frequently involved issues related to quality of care (25%), medication/prescription violations (19%), incompetence (18%), and negligence (17%). CONCLUSION: To improve physician behavior and reduce the need for disciplinary action, medical schools and residency training programs must continue to emphasize both patient care and medical professionalism as critical core competenciesPublishedN/A2015-09-29T09:10:10Z2015-09-29T09:10:10Z20052015-09-29Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article0002-9343http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2200http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.01.051Khaliq, A. A., Dimassi, H., Huang, C. Y., Narine, L., & Smego, R. A. (2005). Disciplinary action against physicians: who is likely to get disciplined?. The American journal of medicine, 118(7), 773-777.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002934305001506enThe American journal of medicineinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/22002016-12-01T14:41:55Z |
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