Statistics
Licensed Physicians in New Brunswick |
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Ending |
Licence |
Licence |
Total |
Education Licence |
|
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 |
1469 |
33 |
1502 |
312 |
|
2008 |
1523 |
27 |
1550 |
387 |
|
2009 |
1622 |
26 |
1648 |
224 |
|
2010 |
1651 |
35 |
1686 |
255 |
Complaints by Category |
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| Category of complaints | 2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
| Quality of care | 30 |
19 |
16 |
16 |
21 |
28 |
27 |
|
| Communication/attitude | 6 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
|
| Sexual | 1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Withholding/withdrawing treatment/consent | 8 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
9 |
10 |
|
| Intraprofessional | 2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
| Prescribing/Pharmacy | 0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
| Billing | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Refusing request for consult | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
| Criminal Conviction | 0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Confidentiality | 1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Failure to provide report | 1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
| Failure to report to authority | 0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Other | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Total complaints | 49 |
30 |
33 |
31 |
38 |
46 |
46 |
|
| To Formal Inquiry | 3 |
1 | 0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Guilty | 2 |
0 | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Pending | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
|
Complaints by Region |
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| Regions | 2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
| Moncton | 8 |
15 |
6 |
7 |
15 |
13 |
11 |
|
| Other - Region 1 | 0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Saint John | 9 |
5 |
7 |
10 |
6 |
8 |
4 |
|
| Other - Region 2 | 1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
| Fredericton | 5 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
11 |
9 |
22 |
|
| Other - Region 3 | 3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
| Region 4 | 3 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
| Region 5 | 2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
| Region 6 | 5 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
|
| Region 7 | 10 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
|
| Outside New Brunswick | 3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Complaints by Specialty |
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| Specialty | 2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
| Family Practice | 32 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 30 | 32 | |
| Anesthesia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cardiology | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dermatology | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Endocrinology/Metabolism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| ENT | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gastroenterology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| General Surgery | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Hematology | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Infectious Diseases | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Internal Medicine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Medical Oncology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nephrology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neurology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neurosurgery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Obstetrics/Gynecology | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ophthalmology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Pathology | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pediatrics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Plastic Surgery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Psychiatry | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Radiology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rheumatology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Urology | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vascular Surgery | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Resident | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |