[Retrospective study on forty cases of medical legal dispute].
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the main causes of medical dispute and the main types of medical malpractice. The related problems were discussed in forensic expertise.


METHODS
Forty cases of medical dispute from 2006 to 2008 in our institute were analyzed retrospectively.


RESULTS
In 40 cases of medical dispute, city-level hospitals, county-level hospitals, town-level hospitals and private clinics were 11 (27.5%), 24 (60.0%), 2 (5.0%) and 3 (7.5%) cases respectively. The internal medicine departments, surgical departments, gynaecological and obstetric departments, pediatric departments and outpatient center were 16 (40.0%),10 (25.0%), 9 (22.5%), 2 (5.0%) and 3 (7.5%) cases, respectively. The amount of cases from city-level hospitals, county-level hospitals diagnosed by the medical experts as the medical malpractice showed less than that from town-level hospitals and private clinics.


CONCLUSIONS
The amount of cases of medical dispute from city-level and county-level hospitals were more than that of town-level hospitals. But the amount of cases diagnosed by the medical experts as medical malpractice from city-level and county-level hospitals were less than that of town-level hospital and private clinics.
Xu
Dai-Hua
DH
Guangdong Nantian Expert Testimony Institute, Shenzhen 518045, China.
Hu
Ling
L
Xiong
Xian-Wei
XW
D005104:Expert Testimony; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006766:Hospitals, County; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies