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Comparison of study variables by type of medical facility |
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| Category |
Study variables |
Clinic |
Hospital |
p-valuea |
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| Patient characteristics |
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| Age (mean ± SD)(years) (n) |
35.90 ± 17.85 (20) |
46.56 ± 2 0.76 (64) |
0.042 |
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| Sex: male/female |
6/21 |
29/44 |
0.103 |
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| Type of disease: treatment is elective or not urgently necessary/other |
13/14 |
3/69 |
0.000 |
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| Severity of injury: death/other |
5/22 |
38/35 |
0.003 |
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| Doctor characteristics |
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| Number of doctors who explained: one/two or more |
27/0 |
46/27 |
0.000 |
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| Department where patient was treated: surgical system/other |
3/24 |
31/42 |
0.004 |
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| Manner of doctor's explanation |
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| Purpose of explanation: explanation to obtain patient's consent/other |
19/8 |
61/12 |
0.143 |
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| Timing of doctor's explanation: prior to treatment or surgery/other |
18/4 |
53/6 |
0.448 |
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| Those who received doctor's explanation: patient only/patient and family or family only |
19/3 |
17/42 |
0.000 |
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| Manner of doctor's explanation to patient: oral only/oral and other methods |
5/14 |
39/4 |
0.000 |
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| Manner of doctor's explanation to family: oral only/oral and other methods |
3/0 |
33/6 |
1.000 |
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| Level of doctor's explanation to patient: relevant and specific/not sufficiently relevant or specific |
6/12 |
14/28 |
1.000 |
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| Level of doctor's explanation to family: relevant and specific/not sufficiently relevant or specific |
0/3 |
14/24 |
0.539 |
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| Place of doctor's explanation: inpatient ward/outpatient clinic or other |
2/25 |
53/20 |
0.000 |
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| Content of doctor's explanation: related to surgery/other |
11/16 |
26/47 |
0.637 |
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| Litigation |
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| Issue in litigation: presence of doctor's explanation/insufficient or incorrect doctor's explanation |
5/22 |
14/59 |
0.940 |
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| Legal basis of plaintiff's claim: tort law only tort law and contract law or contract law only |
8/19 |
22/50 |
0.929 |
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| Introduction of medical expert witness: yes/no |
2/25 |
32/41 |
0.001 |
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| Mean length of litigation (mean ± SD)(years) (n) |
6.41 ± 5.29 (27) |
8.08 ± 3.43 (26) |
0.067 |
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| Acknowledgment of doctor's fault by court decision: yes/no |
11/14 |
24/48 |
0.339 |
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| Acknowledgment of physician liability by court decision: yes/no |
22/5 |
43/30 |
0.036 |
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at-test or χ2 test | ||||
Hamasaki et al. BMC Family Practice 2008 9:43 doi:10.1186/1471-2296-9-43 |
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