Table 2.
Phases of care in which the request of claim for malpractice occurred.
| Phase of Care | Incidence | Plaintiff Verdicts (% of Phase) |
Arbitration (% of Phase) |
Settlement (% of Phase) |
Mixed (% of Phase) |
Defense Verdicts (% of Phase) |
Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improper intraoperative surgical performance | 48.9% (113/249) |
NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Farooq 2020 [24] |
| 67.4% (31/46 cases) |
51.6% | 3.2% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 32.3% | Hartnett 2019 [25] | |
| 72.21% (538/745 cases) |
NR | NR | NR | NR | 58.4% | Gartland 2019 [26] | |
| 80% (64/83 cases) |
NR | NR | NR | NR | 10% | Roy 2009 [17] |
|
| 80% (37/46 cases) |
NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Carroll 1998 [33] | |
| Improper post-operative management of injury | 12.6% (29/249cases) | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Farooq 2020 [24] |
| 10.9% (5/46 cases) |
40% | 20% | 0 | 0 | 40% | Hartnett 2019 [25] | |
| 11.14% (83/745 cases) |
NR | NR | NR | NR | 56.81% | Gartland 2019 [26] | |
| 68,65% (46/67) |
NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Perera 2010 [28] |
|
| 95.3% (20/21) |
NR | NR | NR | NR | 100% | Karakaya 2014 [27] | |
| Incorrect presurgical assessment | 2.6% (6/249 cases) |
NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Farooq 2020 [24] |
| 8.7% (4/46 cases) |
25% | 0 | 25% | 0 | 50% | Hartnett 2019 [25] | |
| 5.9% (44/745 cases) | NR | NR | NR | NR | 63.6% | Gartland 2019 [26] | |
| Failure to treat injury | 3 cases (6.5%) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 cases (100%) | Hartnett 2019 [25] |
| 8 cases (8.9%) |
NR | NR | NR | NR | 8 cases (100%) | Carroll 1998 [33] | |
| Unnecessary surgery | 1.6% (4/249 cases) |
NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Farooq 2020 [24] |
| 6.5% (3/46 cases) |
33.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% | Hartnett 2019 [25] | |
| 1.3% (10/745 cases) |
NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Gartland 2019 [26] |