Improving surgical quality of care: learning from 8,331 surgical medical malpractice cases
Qin Chen, Xiaoyu Liu, Xiaoyan Liu, Pan Song, Xiaoyan Quan, Huarong Xiong, Dan Wang, Xiaoli Hu, Hua Zhang, Meihong Shi · 2024
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Surgical malpractice suits hold hard lessons about where care goes wrong. Qin Chen and co-authors analyzed 8,331 resolved surgical litigation cases. The records came from a Chinese legal database covering 2008 to 2023. The team studied which hospitals were sued and what injuries occurred. They also asked what drove the largest payouts. A quarter of defendant hospitals had been sued more than once. Total compensation passed 269 million dollars. Patient death was the most common injury.
Severe disability drew even higher compensation than death. The largest payouts linked to stronger liability findings. Eastern region hospitals and fields such as neurosurgery also stood out. The authors argue for targeted quality improvement in surgery.
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| CREATOR | Qin Chen, Xiaoyu Liu, Xiaoyan Liu, Pan Song, Xiaoyan Quan, Huarong Xiong, Dan Wang, Xiaoli Hu, Hua Zhang, Meihong Shi |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |