http://healthcare-economist.com/2007/12/04/nearly-half-of-all-us-doctors-fail-to-report-incompetent-or-unethical-colleagues/ Tue, 22 May 2012 08:04:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://healthcare-economist.com/2007/12/04/nearly-half-of-all-us-doctors-fail-to-report-incompetent-or-unethical-colleagues/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Jason Shafrin Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:47:30 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/2007/12/04/nearly-half-of-all-us-doctors-fail-to-report-incompetent-or-unethical-colleagues/#comment-456 Merrill Goozner <a href="http://www.gooznews.com/archives/000892.html" title="Docs Aren't All Bad" rel="nofollow">reports</a> that the figure that 46% of doctors did not report medical errors is an inflated figure. Since only 40% of physicians knew of any medical errors, that means that only 18.4% (.46*.40) of physicians actually did not report medical errors. Still, conditional on the fact that a physician observes a medical error, the probability they will not report the error is 46%. Merrill Goozner reports that the figure that 46% of doctors did not report medical errors is an inflated figure. Since only 40% of physicians knew of any medical errors, that means that only 18.4% (.46*.40) of physicians actually did not report medical errors. Still, conditional on the fact that a physician observes a medical error, the probability they will not report the error is 46%.

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