Re: medical malpractice statistics

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On 2/04/02, Lady Bug wrote:
> On 1/10/00, angela dodge wrote:
>> I am seeking statistics on the number of medical
>> malpractice cases filed each year in the USA, beginning in
>> 50's to present. Any suggestions on where this information
>> can be found? Thanks!
>
> This information can not be found! Consider the number of
> people injured by doctors that do not even realize they have
> been damaged by their doctor. Consider how many people about
> 85&37;, I read, that do not even file a malpractice suit
against
> their doctor for various reasons. Consider how many people
can
> not get legal representation. Medical malpractice cases are
> the ones generally turned down by an attorney. Consider the
> number of people that are too sick and depressed to file and
> folow up on a malpractice suit. Consider the number of people
> that do not have the money, time or good health to file a
> medical malpractice case. Condsider the fact that defense
> attorneys always lie and cover the butts of their clients.
> Thus cases are either dropped or settled for pittens.
Consider
> the law that states hospitals must not reveal a careless act
> by a doctor or staff to the patient, family or friend.
> Consider the number of attorneys that may be paid by the
> defense to drop the case.
>
> No accurate figures will ever be found. Maybe multiply them
> by ten times. Maybe that won't be right either. Maybe
> multiply by twenty times! Not sure.
>
> A victim!
>
>

I sympathise with your feelings, however, the question was how
many cases were actually filed. Court records are supossed to
be public and I am stupefied that someone out there has not
compiled a statistic as to how many suits were actually filed
and against what type of doctors.

Re: medical malpractice statistics, 9/28/05, by me.

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