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Medical Malpractice and Anesthesia Complications

Medical errors and malpractice for Anesthesia Complications: medical news summaries for Anesthesia Complications:

The following medical news items are relevant to the medical errors (including malpractice) for Anesthesia Complications:

Medical malpractice statistics for Anesthesia Complications:

The following are statistics from various sources about medical malpractice and Anesthesia Complications:

  • Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for anesthesia malpractice in the USA:
    • 467 medical malpractice payments were made due to anaesthesia related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • $338,190 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to anaesthesia related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • $150,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to anaesthesia related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 5,691 medical malpractice payments were made due to anaesthesia related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • $245,935 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to anaesthesia related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • $93,750 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to anaesthesia related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for anesthesia malpractice in the USA:
    • There was a 3.74 year mean time delay between anaesthesia related malpractice incident and payment in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • There was a 3.44 year median time delay between anaesthesia related malpractice incident and payment in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for anesthesia malpractice in the USA:
    • 100 anaesthesia related malpractice payment reports were made against registered nurses in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 750 anaesthesia related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 0 anaesthesia related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 5 anaesthesia related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse practitioners in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 1 anaesthesia related malpractice payment reports were made against advanced nurse practitioners in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for nurse anesthetic malpractice in the USA:
    • 1,000 medical malpractice reports were made to the National Practitioner Databank regarding nurse anaesthetists in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 8 obstetrics related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit payment report statistics for nurse anesthetic malpractice in the USA:
    • 469 malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
    • Less than 1% of malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for Anesthesia malpractice in the USA:
    • There were 3,765 anaesthesia related primary malpractice acts or omissions in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
    • 3% of primary malpractice acts or omissions were anaesthesia related in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
    • $752,770,562 in payments were made for anaesthesia related primary malpractice acts or omissions in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)

Medical articles on symptoms:

These general reference articles may be of interest:

About malpractice:

For a general overview of medical malpractice issues for all diseases, see Medical Malpractice. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, including malpractice-related issues in misdiagnosis, see Overview of Misdiagnosis.


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