| Medical licensing board characteristics and physician discipline: an empirical analysis. | |
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PMID: 20159847 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This article investigates the relationship between the characteristics of medical licensing boards and the frequency with which boards discipline physicians. Specifically, we take advantage of variation in the structure of medical licensing boards between 1993 and 2003 to determine the effect of organizational and budgetary independence, public oversight, and resource constraints on rates of physician discipline. We find that larger licensing boards, boards with more staff, and boards that are organizationally independent from state government discipline doctors more frequently. Public oversight and political control over board budgets do not appear to influence the extent to which medical licensing boards discipline doctors. These findings are broadly consistent with theories of regulatory behavior that emphasize the importance of bureaucratic autonomy for effective regulatory enforcement. |
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Authors:
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Marc T Law; Zeynep K Hansen |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of health politics, policy and law Volume: 35 ISSN: 1527-1927 ISO Abbreviation: J Health Polit Policy Law Publication Date: 2010 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-02-17 Completed Date: 2010-03-11 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7609331 Medline TA: J Health Polit Policy Law Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 63-93 Citation Subset: IM |
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University of Vermont, USA. |
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Budgets Empirical Research Employee Discipline Governing Board / organization & administration*, statistics & numerical data Government Regulation Least-Squares Analysis Licensure, Medical / legislation & jurisprudence* Malpractice / legislation & jurisprudence* Physicians / legislation & jurisprudence, standards* Professional Autonomy State Government United States |
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