Doctor malpractice statistics: Medical Malpractice
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TopRelated Medical Malpractice StatisticsGeneral medical malpractice
statistics in the USA:
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Nearly 50% of malpractice trials were against surgeons in 75 of the
largest counties in the US 2001 (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Nearly 33% of malpractice trials were against nonsurgeons in 75 of the
largest counties in the US 2001 (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Plaintiffs won 27% of medical malpractice cases in 75 of the largest
counties in the US 2001 (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
18,999 medical malpractice payment reports were made in the US 2002
(2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for physician
malpractice in the USA:
Estimated 25% of practicing physicians sued annually (When Good
Doctors Get Sued, 2001)
Estimated 50-65% physicians sued at least once during their career
(When Good Doctors Get Sued, 2001)
80.4% of medical malpractice payment reports were against physicians
in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank,
US DHHS)
Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for physicians in the USA:
191,804 medical malpractice reports were made to the National
Practitioner Databank regarding physicians in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB
Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for intern malpractice or
resident physician malpractice in the USA:
1,530 medical malpractice reports were made to the National
Practitioner Databank regarding resident or intern physician in the US
1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US
DHHS)
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This information may not be easy to find. Transparency, as it relates
to medical errors, is often hard to come by. While many of the
directory listings or doctors' ratings websites provide some
disciplinary information, rarely is it complete or current. In some
cases, it is up to the doctors themselves to self-report problems, SO
you can imagine how INCOMPLETE that information may be.
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