Concern seriousness quantified in regulatory decisions as a main factor in questioning safe, trustworthy medical practice: a cross-sectional study

Background: The main factors related to regulatory decision outcomes reflect the pragmatic expectations of physicians to deliver safe patient care and uphold trust in the profession. Yet empirically understanding critical ones, like concern seriousness, has proven difficult. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we developed a new quantitative measure of concern seriousness via expert focus groups. Using multivariate modelling, we investigated its statistical association with regulatory decisions about all physicians involved in the UK over the 10 years ending with March 2023, within a popul

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