Biomaterial Database

Why malpractice victims don't sue. 1990

S Vibbert

More than 27,000 people in New York hospitals were victims of negligence in 1984. Yet only one in eight has ever filed suit. A new study explains why.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007351	Insurance, Liability	Insurance against loss resulting from liability for injury or damage to the persons or property of others.	No-Fault Insurance,Insurance, No-Fault,Liability Insurance,No Fault Insurance
D008318	Malpractice	Failure of a professional person, a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)	Professional Negligence,Negligence,Negligence, Professional,Professional Negligences
D009519	New York City	City located at the mouth of the Hudson River, in New York State.
D003625	Data Collection	Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.	Data Collection Methods,Dual Data Collection,Collection Method, Data,Collection Methods, Data,Collection, Data,Collection, Dual Data,Data Collection Method,Method, Data Collection,Methods, Data Collection
D003675	Defensive Medicine	The alterations of modes of medical practice, induced by the threat of liability, for the principal purposes of forestalling lawsuits by patients as well as providing good legal defense in the event that such lawsuits are instituted.	Defensive Practice,Medicine, Defensive,Defensive Practices
D006302	Health Services Research	The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and outcome. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)	Health Care Research,Medical Care Research,Research, Health Services,Action Research,Health Services Evaluation,Healthcare Research,Research, Medical Care,Evaluation, Health Services,Evaluations, Health Services,Health Services Evaluations,Research, Action,Research, Health Care,Research, Healthcare
D006761	Hospitals	Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients.	Hospital