Mandatory Physician Reporting of At-Risk Drivers: The Older Driver Example.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of the study

In a number of states, physicians are mandated by state law to report at-risk drivers to licensing authorities. Often these patients are older adult drivers who may exhibit unsafe driving behaviors, have functional/cognitive impairments, or are diagnosed with conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and/or seizure disorders. The hypothesis that mandatory physician reporting laws reduce the rate of crash-related hospitalizations among older adult drivers was tested.

Design and methods

Using retrospective data (2004-2009), this study identified 176,066 older driver crash-related hospitalizations, from the State Inpatient Databases. Three age-specific negative binomial generalized estimating equation models were used to estimate the effect of physician report

SUBMITTER: Agimi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6281322 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature