Wrist malpractice claims in Northern Norway 2005–2014. Lessons to be learned
Rough weather conditions in the subarctic areas of Norway may influence on the risk of wrist fracture. We implemented data from the Norwegian System of Patient Injury Compensation (NPE). All claims due to wrist surgery, performed at the public hospitals in Northern Norway, during 2005-2014 were anal...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:d1cf7d00e2014330af62ec7e87249e89 2023-05-15T15:07:32+02:00 Wrist malpractice claims in Northern Norway 2005–2014. Lessons to be learned Jan Norum Lise Balteskard Mette Willumstad Thomsen Hebe Desiree Kvernmo 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2018.1483690 https://doaj.org/article/d1cf7d00e2014330af62ec7e87249e89 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2018.1483690 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2018.1483690 https://doaj.org/article/d1cf7d00e2014330af62ec7e87249e89 International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 77, Iss 1 (2018) Wrist surgery complains compensation Northern Norway Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2018.1483690 2022-12-31T01:16:08Z Rough weather conditions in the subarctic areas of Norway may influence on the risk of wrist fracture. We implemented data from the Norwegian System of Patient Injury Compensation (NPE). All claims due to wrist surgery, performed at the public hospitals in Northern Norway, during 2005-2014 were analyzed. We employed the ICD-10 classification codes S52.5 (fracture of distal end of radius) and S52.6 (fracture of distal end of radius and ulna). Treatment was defined by NCSP codes. 84 patients (0.3%) complained. Females complained four times more often than males did (P = 0.005) and received five times more frequently a compensation (P < 0.001). NPE accepted 34 claims (40%) for injury compensation (0.1% of patients). The percentage of claims accepted for compensation decreased from 48% to 30% during study period, probably due to delay in filling claims. The main causes of complains were pain, reduced range of motion, malfunction and weakness (35/84). The main causes of compensation were “operative treatment should have been performed” (14/34) and “wrong operative method applied” (13/34). The mean amount per compensation was €14,927 (€0–€52,995). Stonger focus on quality of care, updated guidelines and shared decission-making may reduce the number og complains and compensations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Northern Norway Subarctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Norway International Journal of Circumpolar Health 77 1 1483690 |
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Rough weather conditions in the subarctic areas of Norway may influence on the risk of wrist fracture. We implemented data from the Norwegian System of Patient Injury Compensation (NPE). All claims due to wrist surgery, performed at the public hospitals in Northern Norway, during 2005-2014 were analyzed. We employed the ICD-10 classification codes S52.5 (fracture of distal end of radius) and S52.6 (fracture of distal end of radius and ulna). Treatment was defined by NCSP codes. 84 patients (0.3%) complained. Females complained four times more often than males did (P = 0.005) and received five times more frequently a compensation (P < 0.001). NPE accepted 34 claims (40%) for injury compensation (0.1% of patients). The percentage of claims accepted for compensation decreased from 48% to 30% during study period, probably due to delay in filling claims. The main causes of complains were pain, reduced range of motion, malfunction and weakness (35/84). The main causes of compensation were “operative treatment should have been performed” (14/34) and “wrong operative method applied” (13/34). The mean amount per compensation was €14,927 (€0–€52,995). Stonger focus on quality of care, updated guidelines and shared decission-making may reduce the number og complains and compensations. |
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Wrist malpractice claims in Northern Norway 2005–2014. Lessons to be learned |
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Wrist malpractice claims in Northern Norway 2005–2014. Lessons to be learned |
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Wrist malpractice claims in Northern Norway 2005–2014. Lessons to be learned |
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Wrist malpractice claims in Northern Norway 2005–2014. Lessons to be learned |
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Wrist malpractice claims in Northern Norway 2005–2014. Lessons to be learned |
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wrist malpractice claims in northern norway 2005–2014. lessons to be learned |
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