Table 1.
Mean rating of probation cases and controls by violation type.
| Violation | Total (%)a | Vitals cases | Vitals controls | P-value | Health Grades cases | Health Grades controls | P-value |
| Medical records, mean (SDb) | 176 (42.9) | 3.7 (1.41) | 4.1 (0.94) | <.001 | 3.6 (2.1) | 3.8 (1.29) | .02 |
| Professionalism, mean (SD) | 166 (40.5) | 3.9 (1.35) | 4.1 (0.82) | .02 | 3.9 (1.98) | 3.9 (1.09) | .81 |
| Incompetence, mean (SD) | 161 (39.3) | 3.6 (1.46) | 4 (0,93) | <.001 | 3.6 (2.08) | 3.8 (1.21) | .08 |
| Prescription negligence, mean (SD) | 106 (25.9) | 3.9 (1.6) | 4 (1.05) | .31 | 3.8 (2.11) | 3.9 (1.23) | .49 |
| Drug or alcohol addiction, mean (SD) | 84 (20.5) | 4 (1.57) | 4.1 (0.88) | .63 | 3.8 (2.1) | 3.9 (1.11) | .66 |
| Committing a crime, mean (SD) | 63 (15.4) | 3.8 (1.53) | 3.8 (0.83) | .91 | 3.8 (1.87) | 3.9 (0.94) | .45 |
| Fraud, mean (SD) | 44 (10.7) | 3.9 (1.28) | 4.1 (0.82) | .11 | 3.7 (1.81) | 3.9 (1.05) | .32 |
| Sexual misconduct or battery, mean (SD) | 42 (10.2) | 4 (1.27) | 4.1 (0.81) | .28 | 4 (2.02) | 4 (1.11) | .86 |
| Personal illness, mean (SD) | 24 (5.9) | 3.7 (1.32) | 4.2 (0.83) | .02 | 3.6 (2.3) | 3.8 (1.09) | .56 |
| All violations, mean (SD) | 866 (0) | 3.8 (1.47) | 4.1 (0.96) | <.001 | 3.7 (2.03) | 3.8 (1.2) | .01 |
aSome doctors have more than one violation. The percentage is for number of doctors on probation (cases group) having each violation out of the total number of doctors on probation (410).
bSD: standard deviation.