Professional Liability in Plastic Surgery : A Change of Scenario in Medical Professional Liability in Spain
Martin Fumadó, Carles (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Benet-Travé, Josep (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Güerri-Fernández, Robert (Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Medicina i Ciències de la Vida)
López-Ojeda, Anna (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Bermejo, Josep Oriol (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Arimany-Manso, Josep 1959- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Fecha:	2023
Resumen:	The Council of Medical Associations of Catalonia database was used to analyze claims related to plastic surgery from 1986 to 2021. 1039 claims (9. 8% over 10,567 total claims) were studied. Both the total number of claims (P = 0. 016; R 2 =0. 16) and the number of claims for plastic surgery (P < 0. 0005; R 2 =0. 732) showed an upward trend during the period of study. In the period from 2000 to 2021, the behavior was different; while the number of total claims stabilized (P = 0. 352; R 2 = 0. 043), plastic surgery claims continued to show a time-related tendency to increase (P < 0. 0005; R 2 =0. 484). The distribution was 50. 12% out of court. Ten unique procedures accounted for 84. 5% of the total number of claims. Liability was observed in 21. 46% of the closed claims, with differences between civil (20. 34%), criminal (6. 89%), and out-of-court (25. 53%) procedures. Regarding compensation amounts, out-of-court cases had an average of 33,169. 44 euros paid; civil cases, 29,153. 37 euros; and criminal cases, 37,186. 88 euros. The increase in the number of cases can only be related to an increase in the activity carried out by plastic surgeons. There has been a change in Spain in terms of the most sought-after medical specialty, with plastic surgery having displaced the perennially most sought-after specialty, orthopedic surgery and traumatology.
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Publicado en:	Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, Vol. 11 (june 2023) , ISSN 2169-7574

DOI: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005054
PMID: 37305193

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