From: Investigating errors in medical imaging: medical malpractice cases in Finland
Delay | Brain | Thorax | Breast | Abdomen | Skeleton | Vascular system | Othersb | Total | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |