Contribution of tempo-related and non-tempo-related incidents to the five main classes of adverse events
| Nature of adverse events | Series of 249 files of non-tempo-related incidents for GPs | Series of 623 files of tempo-related incidents (at least one tempo concerned with the issue) |
| Missed or delayed diagnosis | 7.2% (18) | 25.6% (160) |
| Adverse drug events | 21.7% (54) | 24.1% (150) |
| Poor strategy of care, inadequate treatment, surveillance | 20.1% (50) | 20.7% (129) |
| Ethics, conflict management, and miscellaneous | 39.8% (99) | 17.2% (107) |
| Falls/device and care-induced traumas | 11.2% (28) | 12.4% (77) |
| Total | 100% (249) | 100% (623) |
Percentages are calculated separately for the series of non-tempo-related problems (N=249) and for tempo-related problems (N=623). The total of 1046 files also included 174 claims that had no data or no independent expert review and were excluded from the review (raw data are in brackets).