Patterns in Actions Against Physician Licenses Related to Substance Use and Psychological or Physical Impairment in the US From 2004 to 2020

Lisa S Rotenstein; Akanksha Dadlani; Jennifer Cleary; Srijan Sen; Anupam B Jena; Douglas A Mata

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.1163

Patterns in Actions Against Physician Licenses Related to Substance Use and Psychological or Physical Impairment in the US From 2004 to 2020

JAMA Health Forum. 2022 Jun 3;3(6):e221163. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.1163. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Authors

Lisa S Rotenstein^{1

2}, Akanksha Dadlani³, Jennifer Cleary⁴, Srijan Sen⁵, Anupam B Jena^{6

7}, Douglas A Mata⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁶ Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
⁸ Foundation Medicine, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines the frequency of actions taken against physician licenses in the US because of substance use and psychological or physical impairment from 2004 to 2020.

MeSH terms

Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Licensure
Physicians*
Substance-Related Disorders* / epidemiology