Professional Liability in Plastic Surgery: A Change of Scenario in Medical Professional Liability in Spain

Background:The epidemic of complaints and/or litigation, both in and out of court, for cases of alleged malpractice has increased dramatically. In Spain, claims related to plastic surgery are gaining more and more interest. Methods:The Council of Medical Associations of Catalonia database was used t...

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Autores: Martín Fumadó, Carles, Benet Travé, Josep, Güerri Fernández, Robert, López Ojeda, Anna, Bermejo Segú, Oriol, Arimany Manso, Josep
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/201133
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/201133
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Palabra clave:Cirurgia plàstica
Processos
Plastic surgery
Trials
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spelling Professional Liability in Plastic Surgery: A Change of Scenario in Medical Professional Liability in SpainMartín Fumadó, CarlesBenet Travé, JosepGüerri Fernández, RobertLópez Ojeda, AnnaBermejo Segú, OriolArimany Manso, JosepCirurgia plàsticaProcessosPlastic surgeryTrialsBackground:The epidemic of complaints and/or litigation, both in and out of court, for cases of alleged malpractice has increased dramatically. In Spain, claims related to plastic surgery are gaining more and more interest. Methods:The Council of Medical Associations of Catalonia database was used to analyze claims related to plastic surgery from 1986 to 2021. Results: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. Conclusions: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.Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/201133Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL))reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1097/gox.0000000000005054Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open, 2023, vol. 11, num. 6https://doi.org/10.1097/gox.0000000000005054cc by-nc-nd (c) Martín Fumadó, Carles et al, 2023http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/2011332026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Professional Liability in Plastic Surgery: A Change of Scenario in Medical Professional Liability in Spain
title Professional Liability in Plastic Surgery: A Change of Scenario in Medical Professional Liability in Spain
spellingShingle Professional Liability in Plastic Surgery: A Change of Scenario in Medical Professional Liability in Spain
Martín Fumadó, Carles
Cirurgia plàstica
Processos
Plastic surgery
Trials
title_short Professional Liability in Plastic Surgery: A Change of Scenario in Medical Professional Liability in Spain
title_full Professional Liability in Plastic Surgery: A Change of Scenario in Medical Professional Liability in Spain
title_fullStr Professional Liability in Plastic Surgery: A Change of Scenario in Medical Professional Liability in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Professional Liability in Plastic Surgery: A Change of Scenario in Medical Professional Liability in Spain
title_sort Professional Liability in Plastic Surgery: A Change of Scenario in Medical Professional Liability in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Martín Fumadó, Carles
Benet Travé, Josep
Güerri Fernández, Robert
López Ojeda, Anna
Bermejo Segú, Oriol
Arimany Manso, Josep
author Martín Fumadó, Carles
author_facet Martín Fumadó, Carles
Benet Travé, Josep
Güerri Fernández, Robert
López Ojeda, Anna
Bermejo Segú, Oriol
Arimany Manso, Josep
author_role author
author2 Benet Travé, Josep
Güerri Fernández, Robert
López Ojeda, Anna
Bermejo Segú, Oriol
Arimany Manso, Josep
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cirurgia plàstica
Processos
Plastic surgery
Trials
topic Cirurgia plàstica
Processos
Plastic surgery
Trials
description Background:The epidemic of complaints and/or litigation, both in and out of court, for cases of alleged malpractice has increased dramatically. In Spain, claims related to plastic surgery are gaining more and more interest. Methods:The Council of Medical Associations of Catalonia database was used to analyze claims related to plastic surgery from 1986 to 2021. Results: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. Conclusions: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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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1097/gox.0000000000005054
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