Table. Demographic Characteristics and Loss-of-License Incidence Rates Among Surgeon Recertification Groups (N = 15 500)a.
| Characteristics | On-Time Recertification (n = 13 048) |
Lapsed Recertification (n = 1045)b |
Not Recertified (n = 1407) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex, No. (%) | |||
| Male | 11 360 (87.1) | 965 (92.3) | 1235 (87.8) |
| Female | 1688 (12.9) | 80 (7.7) | 172 (12.2) |
| Location of medical school, No. (%) | |||
| United States | 10 992 (84.2) | 698 (66.8) | 904 (64.3) |
| International | 2056 (15.8) | 347 (33.2) | 503 (35.7) |
| Qualifying examination attempt, No. (%)c | |||
| Initial | 11 096 (85.0) | 781 (74.7) | 1033 (73.4) |
| >1 | 1796 (13.8) | 199 (19.0) | 282 (20.0) |
| Certifying examination attempt, No. (%)d | |||
| Initial | 10 446 (80.0) | 808 (77.3) | 1037 (73.7) |
| >1 | 2582 (19.8) | 237 (22.7) | 369 (26.2) |
| Person-years at risk | 196 356 | 18 027 | 29 531 |
| No. of loss-of-license actions | 188 | 46 | 47 |
| Loss-of-license actions, incidence rate (95% CI) per 1000 person-years | 0.96 (0.82-1.09) | 2.55 (1.81-3.29) | 1.59 (1.14-2.05) |
a
P < .001 for all comparisons based on χ2 analysis.
b
Treated as a time-dependent variable. This group had 3 incidents per 3423 person-years at risk prior to recertifying that were added to the incidents and person-years at risk for the not recertified group.
c
There were 92 missing records for the number of qualifying examination attempts.
d
There was 1 missing record for the number of certifying examination attempts.