Che-Ming Yang |
------>authors3_c= ------>paper_class1=1 ------>Impact_Factor=1.112 ------>paper_class3=2 ------>paper_class2=1 ------>vol=66 ------>confirm_bywho=shtsai ------>insert_bywho=wtchiu ------>Jurnal_Rank=53.2 ------>authors4_c= ------>comm_author=1 ------>patent_EDate=None ------>authors5_c= ------>publish_day=1 ------>paper_class2Letter=None ------>page2=S47 ------>medlineContent= ------>unit=E0110 ------>insert_date=20081216 ------>iam=2 ------>update_date=None ------>author=??? ------>change_event=4 ------>ISSN= ------>authors_c= ------>score=500 ------>journal_name=Surgical Neurology. ------>paper_name=The risk of malpractice litigation in care to head-injury patients in comparison with other high-risk patient groups: an inpatient-based epidemiological study in Taiwan. ------>confirm_date=20091016 ------>tch_id=073010 ------>pmid=17071255 ------>page1=S43 ------>fullAbstract=BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to assess the risk of being sued in district courts for care for head-injury patients from the perspective of epidemiology. METHODS: This research was designed to be a retrospective population-based cohort study. We researched the incidences of litigations arising from head-injury inpatients under neurosurgical care, all neurosurgical inpatients, and birth inpatients in Taiwan, and computed their relative risks. The study period was from 1998 to 2002. RESULTS: The average annual incidence rate of becoming a plaintiff for head-injury neurosurgical inpatients was 15 per million; for all neurosurgical inpatients 11.8 per million; and for birth patients 33.5 per million. The relative risk comparing head-injured neurosurgical inpatients against all neurosurgical inpatients was 1.27; whereas comparing head-injury neurosurgical inpatients against birth inpatients was 0.45, and comparing all neurosurgical inpatients against birth inpatients, 0.35. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of our population-based study indicate that for the inpatient populations, whether head-injury patients or not, neurosurgeons in Taiwan are facing a relatively lower rate of litigation in comparison with those treating birth patients. Nonetheless, head-injury patients still pose a major challenge in the ED, and misdiagnosis remains the major complaint of plaintiffs in subsequent litigations. ------>tmu_sno=None ------>sno=20863 ------>authors2=Wen-Ta Chiu ------>authors3= ------>authors4= ------>authors5= ------>authors6= ------>authors6_c= ------>authors=Che-Ming Yang ------>delete_flag=0 ------>SCI_JNo=None ------>authors2_c= ------>publish_area=0 ------>updateTitle=The risk of malpractice litigation in care to head-injury patients in comparison with other high-risk patient groups: an inpatient-based epidemiological study in Taiwan. ------>language=2 ------>check_flag=None ------>submit_date=None ------>country=None ------>no=Suppl ------>patent_SDate=None ------>update_bywho=None ------>publish_year=2006 ------>submit_flag=None ------>publish_month=1 |