How do I find if a doctor is high volume?

[Gt1956]

I just asked my dr. He gave me a number. I did find out that his number count some related procedures because they all fall into the same category for malpractice premiums.

He only operates on Mondays. If it is a holiday then no surgeries. I added up the number of implants mentioned then averaged them.

[LetoMan]

Just a quick note to point out that there are fairly extreme incentives that encourage doctors to be honest. If a doctor lies to you about their surgical experience, that’s an easy basis for a lawsuit. It would put their affiliations and license at risk, as well.

That’s not to say it doesn’t happen. But doctors for the most part are pretty honest about these sorts of things. If a doctor is lying to you about 50+ surgeries per year when they are doing less than 10, they are probably lying to others about it too. That’s the basis for a nice class action suit that could make the doc uninsurable and destroy their career.