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01.02.2009 | Symposium: Clinical Risk and Judicial Reasoning

Surgeon Demographics and Medical Malpractice in Adult Reconstruction

verfasst von: Brian J. McGrory, MD, B. Sonny Bal, MD, MBA, Sally York, MN, RNC, William Macaulay, MD, David B. McConnell, JD

Erschienen in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Ausgabe 2/2009

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Abstract

Orthopaedic adult reconstruction subspecialists are sued for alleged medical malpractice at a rate over twice that of the physician population as a whole, and the rate appears disproportionately high in the first decade of practice. The overall risk of a malpractice claim is related to years spent in practice. After 30 years in an adult reconstruction practice, the cumulative rate of being sued at least once is over 90%. Previous investigations suggest factors such as practice setting and size, fellowship training, years in practice, volume, and location of practice correlate with malpractice risk. In contrast, we were unable to identify any relationship between the type, size, or location of practice, fellowship training, or surgery volume and the risk of an adult reconstruction surgeon being named as a defendant in a malpractice suit.

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Titel: Surgeon Demographics and Medical Malpractice in Adult Reconstruction
verfasst von: Brian J. McGrory, MD
B. Sonny Bal, MD, MBA
Sally York, MN, RNC
William Macaulay, MD
David B. McConnell, JD
Publikationsdatum: 01.02.2009
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Ausgabe 2/2009
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Elektronische ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-008-0581-0

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