Medical Malpractice Statistics
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The headlines are sometimes stunning; multi-million-dollar awards to medical malpractice victims.
One might question just how prevalent malpractice is, and the answer is very.
The fact is that medical malpractice is the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States after heart disease and cancer. This is according to the Journal of the American Medical Association.
What is medical Malpractice? Medical malpractice occurs when a health-care provider deviates from the recognized “standard of care” while treating a patient. The “standard of care” is what a reasonably prudent medical provider would or would not have done under the same or similar circumstances. This manner of looking at a case helps determine if the provider was negligent.
Factors to consider when investigating possible malpractice include history, training, and whether proper risk management precautions were properly observed.
Another interesting statistic is the breakdown of settling vs. litigating: Payouts resulting from judgments: 5 percent and payouts resulting from settlements: 93 percent
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