Disciplinary actions against physicians are uncommon, and loss of license is less common. This unmatched, case-control, and descriptive study reviews disciplinary actions involving physician loss-of-license cases from January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2019. There were 82 physician loss-of-license cases involving 66 physicians, which were categorized by age, sex, and specialty and were compared to 4,347 non-disciplined controls. In this study, males (OR 4.69, p0.001) were associated with an increased risk of loss of license; age was a separate risk factor (OR 1.24, p0.05). Preventive strategies are discussed to reduce future physician loss of license.
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