Physicians' suggestions to reduce lawsuits and complaints.*

<p>Physicians' suggestions to reduce lawsuits and complaints.*</p

Determinants of “Sued previously for medical malpractice" in a multivariate analysis.^*

*<p>Logistic regression.</p

Determinants of “Practices defensive medicine" in a multi variant analysis.^*

*<p>Logistic regression.</p

Physicians' Characteristics.

<p>Physicians' Characteristics.</p

Percentage of board certified physicians (n = 219) exposed to lawsuits in each of the eight studied specialties.

<p>Percentage of board certified physicians (n = 219) exposed to lawsuits in each of the eight studied specialties.</p

Main reasons for complaint letters against physicians (n = 233).

<p>Main reasons for complaint letters against physicians (n = 233).</p

Baseline characteristics of clopidogrel-failure and clopidogrel-naïve patients.

<p>Baseline characteristics of clopidogrel-failure and clopidogrel-naïve patients.</p

Defensive Medicine among Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Tertiary Hospitals

<div><p>Objective</p><p>To describe the daily work practice under the threat of defensive medicine among obstetricians and gynecologists.</p> <p>Study Design</p><p>A prospective cross-sectional survey of obstetricians and gynecologists working at tertiary medical centers in Israel.</p> <p>Results</p><p>Among the 117 obstetricians and gynecologists who participated in the survey, representing 10% of the obstetricians and gynecologists registered by the Israel Medical Association, 113 (97%) felt that their daily work practice is influenced by concern about being sued for medical negligence and not only by genuine medical considerations. As a result, 102 (87%) physicians are more likely to offer the cesarean section option, even in the absence of a clear medical indication, 70 (60%) follow court rulings concerning medical practices, and 85 (73%) physicians mentioned that discussions about medical negligence court rulings are included in their departments' meetings.</p> <p>Conclusions</p><p>Defensive medicine is a well-embedded phenomenon affecting the medical decision process of obstetricians and gynecologists.</p> </div

Hospital admission length, procedures and diagnostic imaging testing.

<p>RC—Routine care; ADP—Accelerated diagnostic protocol; SD—Standard deviation; SPECT—single photon emission computed tomography; MDCT—Multi-detector computed tomography; CBC—Complete blood count; CK—Creatine kinase</p><p>Hospital admission length, procedures and diagnostic imaging testing.</p

Patient characteristics

<p>RC—Routine care; ADP—Accelerated diagnostic protocol; SD—Standard deviation; CAD—Coronary artery disease; ACS—Acute coronary syndromes; PCI—Percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG—Coronary artery bypass graft.</p><p>Patient characteristics</p