Table 3 Distribution of criteria for compensated (medical malpractice and equipment, infection, accident or excessive injury) and non-compensated decisions in radiology subspecialties
From: Investigating errors in medical imaging: medical malpractice cases in Finland
Radiology subspecialty | Medical malpractice | Minor medical malpractice | Not avoidable nor excessive | Medical care, no correlation | Equipment, infection, accident or excessive injury | Other, no correlation | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Neuroradiology | 39 | 49.4 | 2 | 2.5 | 6 | 7.6 | 31 | 39.2 | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 7.5 |
Thoracic imaging | 22 | 32.4 | 2 | 2.9 | 16 | 23.5 | 22 | 32.4 | 3 | 4.4 | 3 | 4.4 | 68 | 6.5 |
Breast imaging | 61 | 19.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 30 | 9.5 | 214 | 67.5 | 3 | 0.9 | 8 | 2.5 | 317 | 30.1 |
Abdominal imaging | 26 | 23.6 | 1 | 0.9 | 34 | 30.9 | 34 | 30.9 | 3 | 2.7 | 12 | 10.9 | 110 | 10.4 |
Musculoskeletal imaging | 131 | 40.8 | 3 | 0.9 | 32 | 10.0 | 142 | 44.2 | 8 | 2.5 | 5 | 1.6 | 321 | 30.5 |
Vascular interventional imaging | 13 | 8.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 96 | 60.4 | 30 | 18.9 | 10 | 6.3 | 9 | 5.7 | 159 | 15.0 |
Total | 292 | 27.7 | 10 | 0.9 | 214 | 20.3 | 473 | 44.9 | 28 | 2.7 | 37 | 3.5 | 1054 | 100 |