Gender differences in medical errors among older patients and inequalities in medical compensation compared with younger adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite growing evidence focusing on health inequalities in older adults, inequalities in medical compensation compared with younger adults and gender disparities of medical errors among older patients have received little attention. This study aimed to disclose the aforementioned inequalities and examine the disparities in medical errors among older patients.

Methods

First, available litigation documents were searched on "China Judgment Online" using keywords including medical errors. Second, we compiled a database with 5,072 disputes. After using systematic random sampling to retain half of the data, we removed 549 unrelated cases. According to the age, we identified 424 and 1,563 cases related to older and younger patients, respectively. Then, we hired two fron

SUBMITTER: Liu P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9540365 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature