Surgery Malpractice: Are Surgeons More Prone to Complaints?
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Among physicians, surgeons are at increased medicolegal risk compared to non-surgeons; they also have more medical liability claims and claims paid per year. Jena et al.1 found that the probability of facing a claim varied from 15.3% in general surgery to only 5.2% in family general practice. In a recent review of National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) records, Schaffer et al.2 noted that the number of paid claims per 1,000 physician years was 30.0 for general surgeons and only 7.1 for internal medicine. Although there are a number of factors responsible for this wide variation, the correlation between the physician-patient relationship and the risk of a malpractice claim is well established.
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