Medical equipment and malpractice
Related Medical Malpractice Statistics
- Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for medical equipment malpractice in the USA:
- 36 medical malpractice payments were made due to equipment or product related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $111,229 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to equipment or product related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $45,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to equipment or product related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 689 medical malpractice payments were made due to equipment or product related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $71,674 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to equipment or product related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $17,500 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to equipment or product related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for medical equipment malpractice in nursing in the USA:
- 41 equipment or product related malpractice payment reports were made against registered nurses in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 4 equipment or product related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 0 equipment or product related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 1 equipment or product related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse practitioners in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 0 equipment or product 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 statistics for medical equipment malpractice in the USA:
- There was a 3.88 year mean time delay between equipment or product related malpractice incident and payment in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- There was a 2.92 year median time delay between equipment or product related malpractice incident and payment in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for medical equipment malpractice in the USA:
- There were 557 equipment related primary malpractice acts or omissions in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
- Less than 1% of primary malpractice acts or omissions were equipment related in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
- $33,110,918 in payments were made for equipment 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:
- 32 (0.2%) medical malpractice payments were made due to equipment or product related malpractice by physicians in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $205,961 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to equipment or product related malpractice by physicians in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $62,500 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to equipment or product related malpractice by physicians in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 720 (0.4%) medical malpractice payments were made due to equipment or product related malpractice by physicians in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $77,742 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to equipment or product related malpractice by physicians in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $19,563 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to equipment or product 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 4.28 year mean delay between equipment or product related malpractice incident and payment in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- There was a 3.36 year median delay between equipment or product 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:
- 5 equipment or product related malpractice payment reports were made against registered nurses in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 0 equipment or product related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 0 equipment or product related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 1 equipment or product related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse practitioners in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 0 equipment or product 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:
- 6 (1.4%) medical malpractice payments related to equipment or product related were made by nurses in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $95,167 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to equipment or product related malpractice by nurses in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $96,250 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to equipment or product related malpractice by nurses in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 52 (1.1%) medical malpractice payments related to equipment or product related were made by nurses in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $174,168 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to equipment or product related malpractice by nurses in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $40,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to equipment or product related malpractice by nurses in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
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