An analysis of 445 lawsuits of medical damage liability disputes in Beijing / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To identify departments involved, and the appraisal and compensation of such disputes in Beijing, for preventive recommendations. Methods A retrospective descriptive statistical analysis was carried out to retrieve and extract keywords from the first-instance judgments totaling 445 cases of medical damage liability disputes from 2014 to 2016 in Beijing. This analysis covered the age, disease, departments involved, liability judgment among other information. These cases were published at the website of China judgment documents. Results Patients with musculoskeletal connective tissue diseases, circulatory system disease and tumor accounted for the most lawsuits. The departments involved with more disputes were the department of gynecology and obstetrics (80/445, 18. 0％), orthopedics (69/445, 15. 5％), and emergency department(45/445, 10. 1％). 83. 8 percent of the disputes were found with medical quality problems;and 84. 3％ were lost with compensations. Conclusions It is imperative to elevate the diagnosis and treatment level on musculoskeletal connective tissue diseases, circulatory system disease and tumors, and take precautions against disputes at such key departments as gynecology and obstetrics department, orthopedics department, and emergency department. Other precautions include normalized medical record writing, medical risk disclosure, higher medical quality and patient safety.