Impericia médica en Puerto Rico: 1990-1996 / medical negligence in Puerto Rico: 1990-1996
P. R. health sci. j
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17(1): 55-67, mar. 1998. tab
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en Español
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RESUMO
The purpose of this communication is to present the statistical information of the medical and hospital professional liability situation in Puerto Rico from 1990 to 1996. The Medical Institutional liability is a topic of great relevancy and importance to the people of Puerto Rico and the leaders responsible for establishing policies for the health care services. The Reports on Medical and Hospital Professional Liability from 1991 to the 1996 produced by the Examining Physicians Board were reviewed. The liability claims from 1991 to the 1996 totaled 4054. During the seven years analyzed, 3506 cases were closed against physicians and institutions, a payment was issued in 1272 cases (36.3 percent), for a total compensation of $56,268,053. The risk of a legal claim is greater for the group of Plastic Surgeons and Emergency Medicine. The probability of a plaintiff receiving a compensation payment in a case of medical malpractice is approximately 36 percent, usually receiving a third of the total of the award as suggested by the medical literature. A thoughtful analysis of the current medical liability situation and defensive medicine should be done with the purpose of protecting the fiduciary function of the physicians with respect to the health of their patients, this is the function that guarantees a physician-patient relationship that is healthy, righteous and empathic
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LILACS (Américas)
Asunto principal:
Mala Praxis
País/Región como asunto:
Caribe
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Puerto Rico
Idioma:
Español
Revista:
P. R. health sci. j
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina
Año:
1998
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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