英国血管外科的诉讼趋势:NHS解决方案数据和COVID-19大流行影响的回顾性分析
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在PubMed上查看摘要
概括
此摘要是机器生成的。血管外科手术中的诉讼是由治疗延迟和截肢驱动的. COVID-19 疫情加剧了系统性问题,增加了成本,并强调了改善护理流程以减少索赔的必要性.
科学领域
- 血管外科
- 医疗诉讼
- 医疗管理
背景情况
- 血管外科 (VS) 涉及复杂的手术和高风险的患者,
- 对诉讼趋势的分析可以识别反复出现的临床漏洞,并为质量改进举措提供信息.
研究的目的
- 分析过去十年 (2014/15-2023/24) 英格兰血管外科诉讼的趋势.
- 评估COVID-19大流行对美国人诉讼量,原因,伤害和成本的影响.
主要方法
- 通过信息自由请求提交给NHS决议的与VS相关索赔的追溯审查.
- 在指定期间分析索赔量,所谓的原因,伤害类型和相关的财务成本.
主要成果
- 审查了1288起索赔,其中814起导致了2. 5亿英的损失.
- 最常见的原因:治疗失败/延迟 (36.6%),诊断失败/延迟 (10.7%) 和不适当的治疗 (6.5%).
- 最常见的伤害:下肢截肢 (33.8%) 和死亡 (13.5%). 疫情后的诉讼费用增加了30.8%.
结论
- 治疗延误和截肢是血管手术诉讼的主要驱动因素.
- 由于COVID-19疫情加剧了现有的压力,导致诉讼费用增加.
- 改善治疗,文件和沟通的及时性对于减少索赔和改善患者的结果至关重要.
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