Table 2 Number of notifications and adjusted notification rate per 1,000 practitioners per year
From: Outcomes of notifications to health practitioner boards: a retrospective cohort study
Characteristic | Number of notifications n = 8307a | Adjusted notification rate per 1000 practitioners per yearb | 95% confidence interval | P valuec |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Profession | <0.0001 | |||
Doctor | 4504 | 14.5 | 13.9 to 15.1 | |
Nurse and/or midwife | 1537 | 2.0 | 1.9 to 2.1 | |
Psychologist | 473 | 7.1 | 6.4 to 7.7 | |
Pharmacist | 409 | 6.8 | 6.1 to 7.5 | |
Dentist | 910 | 20.7 | 18.9 to 22.5 | |
Other health practitioner | 474 | 4.5 | 4.1 to 5.0 | |
Age in 2010 | < 0.0001 | |||
≤ 25 | 255 | 2.6 | 2.3 to 3.0 | |
26–35 | 1334 | 4.0 | 3.8 to 4.2 | |
36–45 | 2104 | 6.4 | 6.1 to 6.8 | |
46–55 | 2594 | 8.2 | 7.8 to 8.6 | |
56–65 | 1582 | 8.5 | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
≥ 66 | 438 | 8.2 | 7.2 to 9.2 | |
Sex | < 0.0001 | |||
Female | 2938 | 4.0 | 3.8 to 4.1 | |
Male | 5367 | 8.9 | 8.6 to 9.2 | |
Practice location | 0.48 | |||
Major cities | 6343 | 6.2 | 6.1 to 6.4 | |
Inner/outer regional | 1840 | 6.0 | 5.7 to 6.3 | |
Remote/very remote | 117 | 5.9 | 4.6 to 7.2 |