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Table 9. Reporting of medical errors.

^*Denotes more common reporting outcome for each series as well as TV shows overall.

Series	Errors	Error Not Reported to the Victim	Error Reported to the Victim, but No Legal Action Taken	Error Reported to the Victim and Legal Action Taken Against the Provider
The Resident	41	23	12	6
The Resident	41	(56.1%)^*	(29.3%)	(14.6%)
The Good Doctor	23	8	14	1
The Good Doctor	23	(34.8%)	(60.9%)^*	(4.3%)
Code Black	50	31	19	0
Code Black	50	(62.0%)^*	(38.0%)	(0.0%)
Chicago Med	31	18	13	0
Chicago Med	31	(58.1%)^*	(41.9%)	(0.0%)
Grey’s Anatomy	30	15	15	0
Grey’s Anatomy	30	(50.0%)^*	(50.0%)	(0.0%)
House	41	11	30	0
House	41	(26.8%)	(73.2%)^*	(0.0%)
Scrubs	15	8	7	0
Scrubs	15	(53.3%)^*	(46.7%)	(0.0%)
ER	11	5	4	2
ER	11	(45.5%)^*	(36.4%)	(18.2%)
Overall	242	119	114	9
Overall	242	(49.2%)^*	(47.1%)	(3.7%)