Journal article
Complaint risk among mental health practitioners compared with physical health practitioners: A retrospective cohort study of complaints to health regulators in Australia
BG Veness, H Tibble, BFS Grenyer, JM Morris, MJ Spittal, L Nash, DM Studdert, MM Bismark
BMJ Open | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2019
Abstract
To understand complaint risk among mental health practitioners compared with physical health practitioners. Design Retrospective cohort study, using incidence rate ratios (IRRs) to analyse complaint risk and a multivariate regression model to identify predictors of complaints. Setting National study using complaints data from health regulators in Australia. Participants All psychiatrists and psychologists (a € mental health practitioners') and all physicians, optometrists, physiotherapists, osteopaths and chiropractors (a € physical health practitioners') registered to practice in Australia between 2011 and 2016. Outcome measures Incidence rates, source and nature of complaints to regulators..
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Grants
Awarded by Australian Education International, Australian Government
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency through a Partnership Grant awarded to the University of Melbourne, and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists through a New Investigator Grant awarded to Benjamin Veness. Matthew Spittal is a recipient of an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (project number FT180100075) funded by the Australian Government.