Table 4.
Online rating results by the number of ratings per physician.
| Number of ratings per physician | Average rating, mean (SD) | Rating based on the 6-point grading systema, n (%) | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 1 (n=14,625) | 1.58 (1.28) | 11,741 (80.28) | 1023 (6.99) | 302 (2.06) | 394 (2.69) | 645 (4.41) | 520 (3.56) |
| 2-5 (n=31,505) | 1.67 (0.96) | 19,733 (62.63) | 6204 (19.69) | 3477 (11.04) | 1395 (4.43) | 471 (1.50) | 225 (0.71) |
| 6-10 (n=26,258) | 1.76 (0.81) | 12,505 (47.62) | 9459 (36.02) | 3096 (11.79) | 961 (3.66) | 214 (0.81) | 23 (0.09) |
| 11-20 (n=29,049) | 1.86 (0.78) | 12,243 (42.15) | 11,188 (38.51) | 4289 (14.76) | 1162 (4.00) | 159 (0.55) | 8 (0.02) |
| 21-50 (n=20,658) | 1.95 (0.84) | 8044 (38.94) | 7833 (37.92) | 3408 (16.50) | 1195 (5.78) | 176 (0.85) | 2 (0.00) |
| 51-100 (n=3933) | 1.79 (0.86) | 2084 (52.99) | 1122 (28.53) | 446 (11.34) | 246 (6.25) | 35 (0.89) | 0 (0.00) |
| >100 (n=1445) | 1.34 (0.47) | 1181 (81.73) | 220 (15.22) | 28 (1.94) | 10 (0.69) | 5 (0.35) | 1 (0.07) |
| Total (n=127,473) | 1.77 (0.92) | 67,531 (52.98) | 37,049 (29.06) | 15,046 (11.80) | 5363 (4.21) | 1705 (1.34) | 779 (0.61) |
a1=very good, 2=good, 3=satisfactory, 4=fair, 5=deficient, and 6=insufficient.