Diagnosis-related medical malpractice
Related Medical Malpractice Statistics
- Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for diagnosis or misdiagnosis malpractice in the USA:
- 5,611 medical malpractice payments were made due to diagnosis related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $307,418 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $180,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 61,624 medical malpractice payments were made due to diagnosis related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $237,867 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $125,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for diagnosis/misdiagnosis-related malpractice in the USA:
- There was a 4.75 year mean time delay between diagnosis related malpractice incident and payment in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- There was a 4.26 year median time delay between diagnosis related malpractice incident and payment in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for nurse misdiagnosis malpractice in the USA:
- 166 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against registered nurses in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 12 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 28 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 114 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse practitioners in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 0 diagnosis 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 payment report statistics for misdiagnosis or other diagnosis error malpractice in the USA:
- There were 31,931 diagnosis related primary malpractice acts or omissions in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
- 27% of primary malpractice acts or omissions were diagnosis related in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
- $6,068,653,848 in payments were made for diagnosis related primary malpractice acts or omissions in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
- Medical malpractice statistics for the USA 2003:
- 5,488 (35.9%) medical malpractice payments were made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physicians in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $321,064 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physicians in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $199,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physicians in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 67,091 (34.2%) medical malpractice payments were made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physicians in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $243,903 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physicians in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $130,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physicians in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- Medical malpractice statistics for the USA 2003:
- There was a 4.82 year mean delay between diagnosis related malpractice incident and payment in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- There was a 4.28 year median delay between diagnosis related malpractice incident and payment in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- Medical malpractice statistics for the USA 2003:
- 20 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against registered nurses in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 3 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 6 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 22 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse practitioners in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 0 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against advanced nurse practitioners in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- Medical malpractice statistics for the USA 2003:
- 50 (11.4%) medical malpractice payments related to diagnosis were made by nurses in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $238,916 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by nurses in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $142,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by nurses in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 371 (8%) medical malpractice payments related to diagnosis were made by nurses in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $297,189 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by nurses in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $125,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by nurses in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- Medical malpractice statistics for the USA 2003:
- 76 (63.9%) medical malpractice payments related to diagnosis were made by physician assistants in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $330,902 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physician assistants in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $199,110 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physician assistants in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 446 (57.4%) medical malpractice payments related to diagnosis were made by physician assistants in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $184,774 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physician assistants in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $95,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physician assistants in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
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