A nationwide descriptive study of obstetric claims for compensation in Norway

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1191-1195

  Andreasen, Stine ^a   Backe, BjØrn ^b,c   JØrstad, Rolf Gunnar ^d   Øian, Pål ^e,f  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d NPES   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter tear; asphyxia; compensation; delivery; fetal monitoring; human error; injury; obstetrics; substandard health care; system failure

Indexed keywords

ANAL SPHINCTER TEAR; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BLEEDING; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD NEGLECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERROR; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS MONITORING; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INTESTINE INJURY; LABOR PAIN; LONG BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MIDWIFE; NORWAY; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; SKULL FRACTURE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URINARY TRACT INJURY; UTERUS RUPTURE;

BIRTH INJURIES; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL ERRORS; NORWAY; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; STANDARD OF CARE;

EID: 84866524291     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01409.x     Document Type: Article

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