Perlis Clifford S, Campbell Ross M, Perlis Roy H, Malik Mohsin, Dufresne Raymond G
Department of Dermatology, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Dermatol Surg. 2006 Jan;32(1):79-83. doi: 10.1111/1524-4725.2006.32009.
Despite rising medical malpractice costs, little is known about the factors associated with claims filed against Mohs surgeons.
We sought to define the scope of medical malpractice claims filed against Mohs surgeons and to identify salient factors associated with the filing and disposition of those claims.
A comprehensive survey was mailed to 599 physicians with US addresses listed in the 2003 directory of the American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology.
Of the 300 completed surveys returned, 33 (11%) reported ever having been sued. Physicians who practiced Mohs surgery for a longer period of time were more likely to have been sued for malpractice. Physicians reported the wrong site and functional outcome as the most frequent causes of malpractice lawsuits.
尽管医疗事故成本不断上升，但对于针对莫氏外科医生提出索赔的相关因素却知之甚少。
我们试图界定针对莫氏外科医生提出的医疗事故索赔范围，并确定与这些索赔的提出和处理相关的显著因素。
向599名在美国莫氏显微外科和皮肤肿瘤学会2003年名录中列出美国地址的医生邮寄了一份综合调查问卷。
在返回的300份完整调查问卷中，33份（11%）报告曾被起诉。从事莫氏外科手术时间较长的医生更有可能因医疗事故被起诉。医生们报告说，手术部位错误和功能结果是医疗事故诉讼最常见的原因。
