Baseline characteristics of disciplined surgeons and other physicians (2000–2017)
| Characteristic | No. (%)* | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgeons | Other physicians | ||
| Total cases | 199/1269 (15.7) | 1070/1269 (84.3) | — |
| Total physicians | 174/1100 (15.8) | 926/1100 (84.2) | — |
| Sex | 0.015 | ||
| Male | 161/174 (92.5) | 794/926 (85.7) | |
| Female | 13/174 (7.5) | 132/926 (14.3) | |
| Licence | 0.246 | ||
| Independent | 170/174 (97.7) | 915/926 (98.8) | |
| Resident | 4/174 (2.3) | 11/926 (1.2) | |
| Medical training | 0.150 | ||
| North American | 124/174 (71.3) | 608/926 (65.7) | |
| IMG | 50/174 (28.7) | 318/926 (34.3) | |
| Years from medical school graduation to disciplinary action, mean ± SD | 31.4 ± 11.2 | 29.3 ± 11.4 | 0.026 |
| No. of disciplinary cases† | 0.48 | ||
| 1 | 156/199 (78.4) | 820/1070 (76.6) | |
| 2 | 30/199 (15.1) | 172/1070 (16.1) | |
| 3 | 9/199 (4.5) | 57/1070 (5.3) | |
| 4 | 4/199 (2) | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 15/1070 (1.4) | |
| 6 | 0 | 6/1070 (0.6) | |
IMG = international medical graduate; SD = standard deviation.
↵* Unless indicated otherwise.
↵† Nineteen surgeons had 2 or more disciplinary cases: 15 had 2 cases, 3 had 3 cases and 1 had 4 cases. Eighty-six other physicians had 2 or more disciplinary cases: 86 had 2 cases, 19 had 3 cases, 3 had 5 cases and 1 had 6 cases.