25-Year summary of US malpractice claims for diagnostic errors 1986–2010: an analysis from the National Practitioner Data Bank

Ali S Saber Tehrani; HeeWon Lee; Simon C Mathews; Andrew Shore; Martin A Makary; Peter J Pronovost; David E Newman-Toker

doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001550

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25-Year summary of US malpractice claims for diagnostic errors 1986–2010: an analysis from the National Practitioner Data Bank

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Ali S Saber Tehrani Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
HeeWon Lee Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Simon C Mathews Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andrew Shore Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Martin A Makary Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter J Pronovost Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David E Newman-Toker Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr David E. Newman-Toker, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Meyer 8-154; 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; toker{at}jhu.edu

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Saber Tehrani AS, Lee H, Mathews SC, et al

25-Year summary of US malpractice claims for diagnostic errors 1986–2010: an analysis from the National Practitioner Data Bank

BMJ Quality & Safety 2013;22:672-680.

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Received September 27, 2012
Revised February 22, 2013
Accepted February 25, 2013
First published April 22, 2013.

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July 22, 2013

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