Statistics

 

Licensed Physicians in New Brunswick
 
Year
Ending
Full
License
Public Service
License
Total
Postgraduation
Education License
 
2002
1220
37
1257
256
 
2003
1282
24
1306
201
 
2004
1348
14
1362
289
 
2005
1422
16
1438
301
 
2006
1411
18
1429
309
 
2007
1487
27
1514
312
           
 

Complaints by Category
  Category of complaints
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
  Quality of care
30
20
30
19
16
16
  Communication/attitude
10
7
6
4
6
7
  Sexual
3
2
1
1
1
0
  Withholding/withdrawing treatment/consent
10
4
8
2
4
4
  Intraprofessional
2
2
2
3
2
1
  Prescribing/Pharmacy
5
1
0
0
1
1
  Billing
1
1
0
0
0
0
  Refusing request for consult
0
0
0
0
0
0
  Criminal Conviction
0
0
0
0
1
1
  Confidentiality
1
2
1
1
0
1
  Failure to provide report
5
0
1
0
1
0
  Failure to report to authority
0
0
0
0
1
0
  Other
1
0
0
0
0
0
  Total complaints
68
39
49
30
33
31

  To Formal Inquiry
1
1
3
 1
0
2
  Guilty
1
0
2
 0
0
1
  Pending
0
0
0
 0
0
3
               
 

Complaints by Region
  Regions
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
  Moncton
13
8
8
15
6
7
  Other - Region 1
4
0
0
0
1
0
  Saint John
22
7
9
5
7
10
  Other - Region 2
0
0
1
0
3
0
  Fredericton
8
10
5
3
6
3
  Other - Region 3
3
4
3
0
1
1
  Region 4
4
0
3
0
2
2
  Region 5
3
2
2
2
1
2
  Region 6
7
5
5
2
3
2
  Region 7
3
2
10
2
2
3
  Outside New Brunswick
0
1
3
1
1
1
               
 

Complaints by Specialty
  Specialty
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
  Family Practice 42 25 32 15 19 20
  Anesthesia 2 2 0 1 1 0
  Cardiology 0 0 0 1 0 0
  Dermatology 0 0 1 1 0 0
  ENT 2 0 2 0 1 0
  Gastroenterology 1 0 1 0 0 0
  General Surgery 4 2 1 0 4 1
  Hematology 0 0 0 1 1 0
  Infectious Diseases 0 0 0 1 0 0
  Internal Medicine 0 0 1 1 0 1
  Medical Oncology 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Nephrology 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Neurology 1 0 0 0 0 1
  Neurosurgery 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Obstetrics/Gynecology 1 0 5 1 0 2
  Ophthalmology 4 0 1 0 0 1
  Orthopedic Surgery 0 1 2 4 2 0
  Pathology 0 1 0 0 2 2
  Pediatrics 1 1 1 1 0 0
  Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 0 1 2 1 0 0
  Plastic Surgery 0 3 0 0 0 1
  Psychiatry 6 3 4 0 3 2
  Radiology 1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rheumatology 0 1 0 0 0 0
  Urology 1 0 0 2 0 0
  Vascular Surgery 0 0 0 1 1 0
  Resident 1 0 1 1 0 0