Disciplinary Doctors

According to a recent blog post at the NY Times, Alaska reports the most disciplinary actions at 8 per 1,000 doctors, making it the state with the most disciplined doctors. The others at the bottom of the list are Kentucky, Arizona, Ohio and Nebraska. At the top of the list with less than two actions per 1,000 doctors are South Dakota, Mississippi, Wisconsin and South Carolina.

An interesting point brought up in the article was that often, the better funded state boards proved to have fewer disciplinary actions. The NY Times pointed out that maybe this was because since they were better funded and well staffed, they took action and prevented the disciplinary action before it had to happen.