From: Outcomes of notifications to health practitioner boards: a retrospective cohort study
Notifications N = 8307 Number (%) | |
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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) |