Medication errors and medical malpractice: Medical Malpractice

Related Medical Malpractice Statistics

Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for medication-related malpractice in the USA:
- 758 medical malpractice payments were made due to medication related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $184,986 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to medication related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $100,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to medication related malpractice in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 10,408 medical malpractice payments were made due to medication related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $157,945 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to medication related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $52,500 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to medication related malpractice in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for medication-related malpractice in the USA:
- There was a 4.06 year mean time delay between medication related malpractice incident and payment in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- There was a 3.65 year median time delay between medication related malpractice incident and payment in the US 2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for medication-related malpractice and nursing in the USA:
- 426 medication related malpractice payment reports were made against registered nurses in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 24 medication related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 2 medication related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 31 medication related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse practitioners in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 0 medication 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 statistics for medication-related malpractice in the USA:
- There were 7,472 medication related primary malpractice acts or omissions in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
- 26% of primary malpractice acts or omissions were medication related in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
- $920,577,368 in payments were made for medication 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:
- 727 (4.8%) medical malpractice payments were made due to medication related malpractice by physicians in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $243,894 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to medication related malpractice by physicians in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $112,500 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to medication related malpractice by physicians in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 11,133 (5.7%) medical malpractice payments were made due to medication related malpractice by physicians in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $163,514 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to medication related malpractice by physicians in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $60,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to medication 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 4.32 year mean delay between medication related malpractice incident and payment in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- There was a 3.68 year median delay between medication 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:
- 49 medication related malpractice payment reports were made against registered nurses in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 0 medication related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 0 medication related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 10 medication related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse practitioners in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 1 medication 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:
- 61 (13.9%) medical malpractice payments related to medication were made by nurses in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $181,162 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to medication related malpractice by nurses in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $100,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to medication related malpractice by nurses in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 543 (11.8%) medical malpractice payments related to medication were made by nurses in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $238,702 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to medication related malpractice by nurses in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $53,687 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to medication 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:
- 8 (6.7%) medical malpractice payments related to medication were made by physician assistants in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $80,736 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to medication related malpractice by physician assistants in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $21,250 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to medication related malpractice by physician assistants in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 61 (7.9%) medical malpractice payments related to medication were made by physician assistants in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $102,296 was the mean medical malpractice payments made due to medication related malpractice by physician assistants in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- $25,000 was the median medical malpractice payments made due to medication related malpractice by physician assistants in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)

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