title: Reflection of medical error highlighted on media in Turkey: A retrospective study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was performed with the aim of identifying how news on medical errors have be transmitted, and how the types, reasons, and conclusions of medical errors have been reflected to by the media in Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  A content analysis method was used in the study, and in this context, the data for the study was acquired by scanning five newspapers with the top editions on the national basis between the years 2012 and 2015 for the news about medical errors. Some specific selection criteria was used for the scanning of resulted news, and 116 news items acquired as a result of all the eliminations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to the results of the study; the vast majority of medical errors (40.5%) transmitted by the news resulted from the negligence of the medical staff. The medical errors were caused by physicians in the ratio of 74.1%, they most commonly occurred in state hospitals (31.9%). Another important result of the research was that medical errors resulted in either patient death to a large extent (51.7%), or permanent damage and disability to patients (25.0%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The news concerning medical errors provided information about the types, causes, and the results of these medical errors. It also reflected the media point of view on the issue. The examination of the content of the medical errors reported by the media were important which calls for appropriate interventions to avoid and minimize the occurrence of medical errors by improving the healthcare delivery system.
authors.affiliation: Oguz Isik, PhD. Department of Health Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Hacettepe University, Beytepe Campus, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Oguz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Isik
authors.affiliation: Gamze Bayin, Msc. Department of Health Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Hacettepe University, Beytepe Campus, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gamze
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bayin
authors.affiliation: Ozgur Ugurluoglu, PhD. Department of Health Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Hacettepe University, Beytepe Campus, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozgur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ugurluoglu
keywords: Media; Medical error