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Table 5 Rates of disciplinary actions per 1000 doctors, and actions per 1 million consultations, by type of action and doctor. 2011–2018

From: Medical malpractice in Norway: frequency and distribution of disciplinary actions for medical doctors 2011–2018

 

Disciplinary actions per 1000 doctors

Consultations

Demographics

Warning

Loss of prescription rights

Licence revoked or restricted

Total

Consultations per yeara-c

Actions per 1 million consultations

Number of doctorsd-i

Percentage of specialists

Primary care doctors

15,681,763

4.42

 

49.1

 GPs in general practice

65.0

7.0

26.7

98.7

  

4724

 

 GPs in emergency clinics

49.3

0.0

13.6

62.9

  

1175

 

 Nursing home doctors

16.9

1.9

7.5

26.3

  

533

 

Secondary care doctors

11,026,425

1.82

  

 Junior doctors

2.8

0.2

3.4

6.4

  

5601

10.9

 Senior consultants

9.6

0.4

7.0

17.0

  

7312

94.6

Other types of doctors

    

 Private specialists

60.3

4.1

26.6

91.0

2,006,196

6.04

978

99.6

 Medical interns

6.2

1.2

2.4

9.8

  

817

 
  1. aAverage number (2016–2018) of consultations by GPs in general practice, GPs in emergency clinics and nursing home doctors (estimated using 4 contacts/bed/year) https://www.ssb.no/helse/statistikker/fastlegetj & https://www.ssb.no/statbank/table/10903/ & https://www.ssb.no/pleie/
  2. bAverage number (2016–2018) of contacts in somatic and psychiatric hospitals. https://statistikk.helsedirektoratet.no/bi/Dashboard/37f4e0dd-61fd-4846-a7c1-d87553ce2c1a?e=false&vo=viewonly & https://www.helsedirektoratet.no/rapporter/aktivitetsdata-for-psykisk-helsevern-for-voksne-og-tverrfaglig-spesialisert-rusbehandling
  3. cAverage number (2016–2018) of contacts for private specialists. https://www.helsedirektoratet.no/rapporter/aktivitetsdata-for-avtalespesialister
  4. dAverage number of GP contacts between 2016 and 2018. Source: https://www.ssb.no/statbank/table/12720/
  5. eFull-time equivalent GPs in emergency primary care centres. Report from National Register 2018, National Centre for Emergency Primary Health Care, Tone Morken, Norway
  6. fAverage number of physicians employed in nursing homes and institutions in 2011 and 2013–2017. From the report “Physicians in primary and secondary care”, 2018, IS-2789, OSLO: Norwegian Directorate of Health
  7. gAverage number of licensed specialists between 2011 and 2018. Source: https://www.ssb.no/statbank/table/03750
  8. hAverage number of working physicians < 70 years, 2011–2018. Source: physician statistics, Norwegian Medical Association: https://legeforeningen.no/Emner/Andre-emner/Legestatistikk/Yrkesaktive-leger-i-Norge/Stillingsgrupper/
  9. iAverage number of medical interns employed between 2013 and 2017. From the report “Physicians in primary and secondary care”, 2018, IS-2789, OSLO: Norwegian Directorate of Health
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