Patterns of malpractice claims and compensation after surgical procedures: a retrospective analysis of 8,901 claims from the Finnish patient insurance registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Invasive surgical procedures carry risk of harm to patients. In addition to avoidable harm, disparities between patient expectations and the outcome of a procedure may lead to patient injury claims. The follow-up of claims and compensation is an important entity for patient safety. The number of claims should be related to the surgical volume, so that a healthcare provider can benchmark with similar organizations and see if its trends are developing favourably or deteriorating. Our objective was to find out the claims and compensation rates due to surgery in an insurance-based system.

Methods

Data related to surgical claims and reference volume in the period 2011-2015 were collected from the claim register of the Finnish Patient Insurance Centre and benchmarking c

SUBMITTER: Welling M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9912597 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature