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Published on: September 20, 2018
[Retrospective study on forty cases of medical legal dispute]
Dai-Hua Xu1, Ling Hu, Xian-Wei Xiong
1Guangdong Nantian Expert Testimony Institute, Shenzhen 518045, China.
Objective:
To analyze the main causes of medical dispute and the main types of medical malpractice. The related problems were discussed in forensic expertise.
Methods:
Forty cases of medical dispute from 2006 to 2008 in our institute were analyzed retrospectively.
Results:
In 40 cases of medical dispute, city-level hospitals, county-level hospitals, town-level hospitals and private clinics were 11 (27.5%), 24 (60.0%), 2 (5.0%) and 3 (7.5%) cases respectively. The internal medicine departments, surgical departments, gynaecological and obstetric departments, pediatric departments and outpatient center were 16 (40.0%),10 (25.0%), 9 (22.5%), 2 (5.0%) and 3 (7.5%) cases, respectively. The amount of cases from city-level hospitals, county-level hospitals diagnosed by the medical experts as the medical malpractice showed less than that from town-level hospitals and private clinics.
Conclusion:
The amount of cases of medical dispute from city-level and county-level hospitals were more than that of town-level hospitals. But the amount of cases diagnosed by the medical experts as medical malpractice from city-level and county-level hospitals were less than that of town-level hospital and private clinics.
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