Investigating errors in medical imaging: medical malpractice cases in Finland

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Table 2 Diagnosis delay by studied anatomical organs assessed by PVKª

Delay	Brain		Thorax		Breast		Abdomen		Skeleton		Vascular system		Others^b		Total
Delay	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
No delay	39	6.8	21	3.7	155	27	53	9.2	138	24	138	24	31	5.4	575	54.6
1–7 days	2	3.9	5	9.8	7	13.7	13	25.3	16	31.4	2	3.9	6	11.8	51	4.8
Under 2 weeks	4	44.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	44.4	0	0	1	11.1	9	0.9
Under 1 month	2	16.7	1	8.3	0	0	0	0	2	16.7	0	0	1	8.3	12	1.1
1–3 months	8	18.6	2	4.7	10	23.3	1	2.3	21	48.8	0	0	1	2.3	43	4.1
4–6 months	4	6.9	4	6.8	27	46.6	3	5.2	18	31	0	0	2	3.4	58	5.5
7–12 months	2	6.9	2	6.9	21	72.4	2	6.9	2	6.9	0	0	0	0	29	2.6
One to 3 years	13	14.8	5	5.7	50	56.8	5	5.7	14	15.9	0	0	1	1.1	88	8.3
4–5 years	2	28.6	0	0	2	28.6	1	14.3	2	28.6	0	0	0	0	7	0.7
Over 5 years	5	55.6	0	0	0	0	2	22.2	2	22.2	0	0	0	0	9	0.9
Delay not known or mentioned	1	0.6	3	1.7	45	26	14	8.1	91	52.6	13	7.5	6	3.5	173	16.4
Total	82	7.8	43	4.1	317	30.1	94	8.9	316	30.0	153	14.5	49	4.6	1054	100