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Table 3 Source and issue of notifications

From: Outcomes of notifications to health practitioner boards: a retrospective cohort study

 

Notifications N = 8307 Number (%)

Source

 Patient or relative

2741 (33.0)

 Complaint commissioner

2508 (30.2)

 Fellow practitioner

1079 (13.0)

 Employer

789 (9.5)

 Other agency

441 (5.3)

 Self

202 (2.4)

 Unknown

547 (6.6)

Issue

Performancea

3197 (38.5)

 Concerns about clinical care

2550 (30.7)

 Poor communication

368 (4.4)

 Concerns about medication

145 (1.8)

 Delays in access to care

134 (1.6)

Conducta

2616 (31.5)

 Disruptive behavior

672 (8.1)

 Improper use or management of health information

628 (7.6)

 Non-compliance (admin/regulatory requirements/fraud)

382 (4.6)

 Unlawful use or supply of medications

364 (4.4)

 Unfair costs or misleading advertising

349 (4.2)

 Breaches of boundaries

221 (2.7)

Healtha

462 (5.6)

 Mental illness

202 (2.4)

 Drug misuse

116 (1.4)

 Alcohol misuse

81 (1.0)

 Physical/cognitive illness

63 (0.8)

Other issuea

572 (6.9)

Unknown

1460 (17.6)

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