Table 2 Characteristics of CABG malpractice claims with patient death in the different levels of hospitals (Created by the authors)
From: A 9-year analysis of medical malpractice litigations in coronary artery bypass grafting in China
Variables | Level of hospital | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Provincial | Municipal | Test name | Statistics | p | |
Gender (N,%) | ||||||
Male | 18(66.67) | 24(85.71) | 22(78.57) | CMH test | 0.890 | 0.641 |
Female | 9(33.33) | 4(14.29) | 6(21.43) | |||
Total | 17(100.00) | 33(100.00) | 30(100.00) | |||
Age | ||||||
N(Missing) | 17(0) | 33(0) | 30(0) | Rank sum test | H = 0.37 | 0.832 |
Median | 62.0 | 62.0 | 63.0 | |||
Q1, Q3 | 60.0, 69.0 | 60.0, 68.0 | 60.0, 67.8 | |||
Min, Max | 53.0, 81.0 | 46.0, 79.0 | 33.0, 77.0 | |||
Preoperative hospitalization days | ||||||
N(Missing) | 17(0) | 33(0) | 30(1) | Rank sum test | H = 2.29 | 0.317 |
Median | 8.0 | 11.0 | 14.0 | |||
Q1, Q3 | 6.0, 13.0 | 7.0, 16.0 | 6.0, 19.0 | |||
Min, Max | 3.0, 30.0 | 1.0, 45.0 | 3.0, 31.0 | |||
Length of stay (days) | ||||||
N(Missing) | 17(0) | 33(0) | 30(0) | Rank sum test | H = 0.44 | 0.805 |
Median | 21.0 | 20.0 | 21.5 | |||
Q1, Q3 | 16.0, 36.0 | 10.0, 36.0 | 10.3, 32.8 | |||
Min, Max | 5.0, 113.0 | 2.0, 129.0 | 3.0, 51.0 | |||
Postoperative death days | ||||||
N(Missing) | 17(0) | 33(0) | 30(0) | Rank sum test | H = 6.12 | 0.047* |
Median | 15.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | |||
Q1, Q3 | 5.0, 27.0 | 2.0, 26.5 | 1.0, 16.5 | |||
Min, Max | 2.0, 429.0 | 0.0, 196.0 | 0.0, 731.0 | |||
Responsibility proportion for medical malpractice (%) | ||||||
N(Missing) | 17(0) | 33(0) | 30(0) | Rank sum test | H = 4.77 | 0.092 |
Median | 30.0 | 30.0 | 40.0 | |||
Q1, Q3 | 20.0, 40.0 | 20.0, 40.0 | 30.0, 50.0 | |||
Min, Max | 10.0, 60.0 | 0.0, 63.0 | 0.0, 70.0 | |||