[Medical negligence in Puerto Rico: 1990-1996]. / Impericia médica en Puerto Rico: 1990-1996.
P R Health Sci J
; 17(1): 55-67, 1998 Mar.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9642722
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%), 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%, 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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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Imperícia
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Puerto rico
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
P R Health Sci J
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Porto Rico