New Hampshire ranks as the weakest state for disciplining doctors
State medical board’s rank for rate of serious disciplinary actions against doctors
According to Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy organization
50
th
Medical board's annual average rate of serious disciplinary actions
- 0.32
- Rate of serious actions per 1,000 physicians
- 2.33
- Average number of annual serious actions
- 622.9%
- Percent increase in disciplinary actions that would be needed to match state with highest rate
Doctor and medical board staff ratio
- 8,019
- Number of licensed physicians
- 3
- Total board staff
- 2,673
- Medical board staff workload
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