Diagnosis-related medical malpractice: Medical Malpractice

Related Medical Malpractice Statistics

Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for diagnosis or misdiagnosis malpractice in the USA:
- 5,611 medical malpractice payments were made due to diagnosis related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $307,418 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $180,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 61,624 medical malpractice payments were made due to diagnosis related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $237,867 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $125,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for diagnosis/misdiagnosis-related malpractice in the USA:
- There was a 4.75 year mean time delay between diagnosis related malpractice incident and payment in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- There was a 4.26 year median time delay between diagnosis related malpractice incident and payment in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for nurse misdiagnosis malpractice in the USA:
- 166 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against registered nurses in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 12 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 28 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 114 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse practitioners in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 0 diagnosis 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 report statistics for misdiagnosis or other diagnosis error malpractice in the USA:
- There were 31,931 diagnosis related primary malpractice acts or omissions in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
- 27% of primary malpractice acts or omissions were diagnosis related in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
- $6,068,653,848 in payments were made for diagnosis 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:
- 5,488 (35.9%) medical malpractice payments were made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physicians in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $321,064 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physicians in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $199,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physicians in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 67,091 (34.2%) medical malpractice payments were made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physicians in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $243,903 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physicians in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $130,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis 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 4.82 year mean delay between diagnosis related malpractice incident and payment in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- There was a 4.28 year median delay between diagnosis 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:
- 20 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against registered nurses in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 3 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 6 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 22 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse practitioners in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 0 diagnosis 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:
- 50 (11.4%) medical malpractice payments related to diagnosis were made by nurses in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $238,916 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by nurses in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $142,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by nurses in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 371 (8%) medical malpractice payments related to diagnosis were made by nurses in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $297,189 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by nurses in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $125,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by nurses in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
Medical malpractice statistics for the USA 2003:
- 76 (63.9%) medical malpractice payments related to diagnosis were made by physician assistants in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $330,902 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physician assistants in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $199,110 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physician assistants in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 446 (57.4%) medical malpractice payments related to diagnosis were made by physician assistants in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $184,774 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physician assistants in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $95,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to diagnosis related malpractice by physician assistants in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)

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