The Journal of family practice
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Physicians who have been sued multiple times for malpractice are assumed to be less competent than those who have never been sued. However, there is a lack of data to support this assumption. Competence includes both knowledge and performance, and there are theoretical reasons to suspect that the most knowledgeable physicians may be sued the most. ⋯ Among Florida family physicians, the frequency of malpractice claims increased with evidence of greater medical knowledge.