[Structure and negative sequelae of medical errors in care for angina pectoris].
12 cardiologists trained as experts in assessment of medical care quality (MCQ) made a computer-assisted expertise of the care rendered to 110 anginal patients. Of these 68 patients had angina of effort (AE) and 42 had unstable angina (UA). This made up 10% of annual number of anginal patients treated in the cardiological clinic in 1996. Medical errors were of the same type in both the groups. Inadequate collection of information, erroneous diagnosis, treatment, continuity occurred in 50, 30, 15 and 5% of all the errors, respectively. Negative effects of the errors were mild (less seriously suffered AE patients), but led to waste of health service resources.
Kulikova
M A
MA
NII of Cardiology, Saint Petersburg.
Kuleshova 'EV
Perepech
N B
NB
Mikhaílov
S M
SM
D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies
Struktura i negativnye sledstviia vrachebnykh oshibok pri okazanii meditsinskoí pomoshchi bol'nym stenokardieí.