Relationship between malpractice claims and medical care quality

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 394-400

  Tsai, Wen Chen ^a   Kung, Pei Tseng ^a   Chiang, Yi Ju ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Liability; Medical care; Medical practice; Professional negligence; Quality management; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELPHI STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; OBSTETRICS; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURGERY; TAIWAN;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALPRACTICE; OBSTETRICS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY; TAIWAN;

EID: 16544387474     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860410563203     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Beckman, J. (1996), Nursing Negligence, Analyzing Malpractice in the Hospital Setting, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 18-55.
2. Bowling, A. (2002), Research Methods in Health: Investigating Health and Health Services, Open University Press, Philadelphia, PA, p. 407.
3. Branney, S., Pons, P., Markovchick, V. and Thomasson, G. (2000), "Malpractice occurrence in emergency medicine: does residence training make a difference?", Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 19 No. 2, pp. 99-105.
4. Danzon, P. (1990), "The crisis in medical malpractice: A comparison of trends in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia", Law, Medicine & Health Care, Vol. 18 No. 1-2, pp. 48-58.
5. Donabedian, A. (1980), "The definition of quality and approaches to its assessment", Explorations in Quality Assessment and Monitoring, Vol. 1, Health Administration Press, Ann Arbor, MI, pp. 95-9.
6. Dubay, L., Kaestner, R. and Waidmann, T. (1999), "The impact of malpractice fears on Caesarean section rates", Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 18 No. 4, pp. 491-522.
7. Goebel, R. and Goebel, M. (1999), "Clinical practice guidelines for pressure ulcer prevention can prevent malpractice lawsuits in older patients", Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing, Vol. 26 No. 4, pp. 175-84.
8. Hickson, G., Clayton, E., Entman, S., Miller, C., Githens, P., Whetten-Goldstein, K. and Sloan, F. (1994), "Obstetricians' prior malpractice experience and patients' satisfaction with care", The Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 272 No. 20, pp. 1583-7.
9. Lester, G. and Smith, S. (1993), "Listening and talking to patients: a remedy for malpractice suits", Western Journal of Medicine, Vol. 158 No. 3, pp. 268-72.
10. Levison, W., Roter, D., Mullooly, J., Dull, V. and Frankel, R. (1997), "Physician-patient communication: the relationship with malpractice claims among primary care physicians and surgeons", The Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 277 No. 7, pp. 553-9.
11. Localio, A., Lawthers, A., Brennan, T., Laird, N., Hebert, L., Peterson, L., Newhouse, J., Weiler, P. and Hiatt, H. (1991), "Relationship between malpractice claims and adverse events due to negligence: results of the Harvard medical practice study III", New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 325 No. 4, pp. 245-51.
12. McDonough, W. and Rioux, M. (1989), "Increasing number of nurses named as sole defendants in malpractice suits", Forum, Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 4-12.
13. Messner, R. and Lewis, S. (1996), Increasing Patient Satisfaction: A Guide for Nurses, Springer, New York, NY.
14. Reynolds, R., Rizzo, J. and Gonzales, M. (1987), "The cost of medical professional liability", The Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 257 No. 20, pp. 2776-81.
15. Taragin, M., Sonnenberg, F., Karns, M., Trout, R., Shapiro, S. and Carson, J. (1994), "Does physician performance explain interspecialty differences in malpractice claim rates?", Medical Care, Vol. 32 No. 7, pp. 661-7.
16. Towse, A. and Danzon, P. (1999), "Medical negligence and the NHS: an economic analysis", Health Economics, Vol. 8 No. 2, pp. 93-101.
17. Weisman, C., Morlock, L., Teitelbaum, M., Klassen, A. and Celentano, D. (1989), "Practice changes in response to the malpractice litigation climate - results of a Maryland physician survey", Medical Care, Vol. 27 No. 1, pp. 16-24.
18. Weycker, D. and Jensen, G. (2000), "Medical malpractice among physicians: who will be sued and who will pay?", Health Care Management Science, Vol. 3 No. 4, pp. 269-77.
19. Zuckerman, S., Christopher, F. and Randall, R. (1986), "Information on malpractice: a review of empirical research on major policy issue", Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 49 No. 2, pp. 85-111.