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Tara F Bishop1, Andrew M Ryan, Andrew K Ryan

  • 1Division of Outcomes and Effectiveness, Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York 10021, USA. tlfernan@med.cornell.edu

JAMA
|June 16, 2011
PubMed
Resumen

Las reclamaciones por negligencia médica pagadas para eventos ambulatorios son casi tan comunes como los eventos para pacientes hospitalizados, y los errores de diagnóstico son la causa principal en entornos ambulatorios. Los pagos medios para las reclamaciones de pacientes hospitalizados fueron más altos que las reclamaciones de pacientes ambulatorios.

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