Table 2 Distribution of medical disputes and ascertained diagnostic errors (class I-IV) by age, gender, medical settings, specialty and involved organ system
From: Diagnostic errors in fatal medical malpractice cases in Shanghai, China: 1990–2015
Characteristics | No. disputes | No. diagnostic errors | Percent of errors (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age, years | |||
(0, 10) | 46 | 33 | 71.7 (58.7–84.8) |
[10, 20) | 22 | 13 | 59.1 (38.6–79.6) |
[20, 30) | 41 | 35 | 85.4 (74.6–96.2) |
[30, 40) | 53 | 46 | 86.8 (77.7–95.9) |
[40, 50) | 71 | 65 | 91.6 (85.1–98.0) |
[50, 60) | 84 | 73 | 86.9 (79.7–94.1) |
[60, 70) | 79 | 73 | 92.4 (86.6–98.3) |
[70, 80) | 62 | 56 | 90.3 (82.9–97.7) |
≥ 80 | 24 | 22 | 91.7 (80.6–100.0) |
Gender | |||
Female | 186 | 162 | 87.1 (82.3–91.9) |
Male | 296 | 254 | 85.8 (81.8–89.8) |
Medical Settings | |||
Tertiary | 298 | 251 | 84.2 (80.1–88.4) |
Secondary | 157 | 141 | 89.8 (85.1–94.5) |
Primary | 27 | 24 | 88.9 (70.8–97.7) |
Specialty | |||
Internal | 172 | 147 | 85.5 (80.2–90.7) |
Surgery | 144 | 127 | 88.2 (82.9–93.5) |
Emergency | 119 | 103 | 86.6 (80.4–92.7) |
Pediatrics | 16 | 12 | 75.0 (53.8–96.2) |
Obstetrics | 14 | 13 | 92.9 (79.4–100.0) |
Other wardsa | 17 | 14 | 82.4 (64.2–100.0) |
Organ systems | |||
Circulatory | 151 | 132 | 87.4 (82.1–92.7) |
Respiratory | 166 | 141 | 84.9 (79.5–90.4) |
Digestive | 104 | 94 | 90.4 (84.7–96.1) |
Central nervous | 37 | 28 | 75.7 (61.9–89.5) |
Urogenital | 14 | 13 | 92.9 (79.4–100.0) |
Other systemsb | 10 | 8 | 80.0 (55.2–100.0) |