Diagnostic errors in fatal medical malpractice cases in Shanghai, China: 1990–2015

Diagnostic Pathology

Table 3 Correlation of indicative complains with the final outcome of clinicopathological discrepancy^a

Outcome of discrepancy	Total	Indicative complaints		P value
Outcome of discrepancy	Total	Yes	No	P value
Consistency in major diagnosis	223	205	18	0.000
Inconsistency in major diagnosis	248	184	64	0.000

^aEleven cases that were non-classifiable (Class VI) were excluded from the total number

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