Hawthorn Medical Associates; Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; Clinical Instructor in Medical Science, Brown University.
Rhode Island Department of Health.
R I Med J (2013). 2022 Aug 1;105(6):52-56.
To determine the rates and characteristics of physicians with medical malpractice adverse outcomes in Rhode Island.
A descriptive epidemiologic study of medical malpractice claims from 2008-2018 aggregated by the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline of the Rhode Island Department of Health. To examine the demographic characteristics of physician malpractice cases we reviewed 10 years of data from Rhode Island medical malpractice lawsuits that were resolved, in whole or in part, via payment to the plaintiff.
Over this 10-year period, there were 460 such cases, 88% of which involved a male physician and 48% of which involved surgical category specialists. Few cases, 17.6% of payments, were over one million dollars, and the mean payment value across all cases was $517,104. The rate of paid claims was found to be stable over the period studied.
确定罗得岛州有医疗事故不良后果的医生的比例和特征。
对罗得岛州卫生署医疗执照和纪律委员会汇总的 2008 年至 2018 年期间的医疗事故索赔进行描述性流行病学研究。为了研究医生医疗事故案件的人口统计学特征，我们审查了罗得岛州医疗事故诉讼的 10 年数据，这些诉讼全部或部分通过向原告支付款项得到解决。
在这 10 年期间，有 460 起此类案件，其中 88%涉及男性医生，48%涉及外科类别专家。很少有案件（17.6%的支付款项）超过 100 万美元，所有案件的平均支付价值为 517104 美元。研究期间发现，已支付索赔的比例保持稳定。
