Prevalence and Characteristics of Physicians Prone to Malpractice Claims
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Prevalence and Characteristics of Physicians Prone to Malpractice Claims.
BACKGROUND The distribution of malpractice claims among physicians is not well understood. If claim-prone physicians account for a substantial share of all claims, the ability to reliably identify them at an early stage could guide efforts to improve care. METHODS Using data from the National Practitioner Data Bank, we analyzed 66,426 claims paid against 54,099 physicians from 2005 through 20...
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عنوان ژورنال: New England Journal of Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0028-4793,1533-4406
DOI: 10.1056/nejmsa1506137