Rate your Doc

   Too much time on my hands, so I searched Health Net to see how the doctors I know stack up against their patient ratings.  Some doctors have no ratings submitted.  The highest number of ratings I found was 32, and that doctor, a gastroenterologist,  had the lowest rating of all, only a 2+ out of 32 people who submitted ratings. Patients rate the office environment and staff also, so even though those ratings are separate from the doctor's, those conditions may influence the entire survey.  Or else, people with gastric conditions are a pretty unhappy lot.  In contrast, both orthopedic surgeons I've visited have perfect ratings, "5's" out of 6 and 11 ratings.  Orthopedic patients may be healthier, therefore happier, than most, but considering the number of patients they see, 5 and 11 ratings are probably insignificant, though representative of something.  My primary care doctor, who I rarely see, has a perfect rating too, though only from one person, probably his mother.