Health Impairment Notifications About Doctors to the Australian Medical Regulator, 2012-2022: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the prevalence, characteristics and outcomes of health impairment notifications to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and to assess the influence of doctor age, sex, specialty, practice location and country of training on the incidence of health impairment notifications.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study; analysis of linked de-identified Ahpra medical register and health impairment notifications data.

Setting, participants

All doctors registered to practise in Australia (except New South Wales) for whom notifications of concerns about physical or mental illness, cognitive decline, substance use disorder or other impairment to safely practising medicine were received by Ahpra during 1 July 2012-30 June 2022.

Main

SUBMITTER: Bismark MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12803957 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature