All trauma surgeons are not created equal: Asymmetric distribution of malpractice claims risk

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 549-554

  Mukherjee, Kaushik ^a   Pichert, James W ^a   Cornett, M Bernadette ^a   Yan, Ge ^a   Hickson, Gerald W ^a   Diaz Jr , Jose J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical malpractice; Patient complaints; Trauma surgery

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INTENSIVE CARE; MALPRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; TRAUMATOLOGY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSICIAN; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957588328     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181edb658     Document Type: Article

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