Table 1 Characteristics of 5614 Mediation records, China, 2013–2015
From: The role of mediation in solving medical disputes in China
Category | Category | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Closure date-no.(%) | 5614 | ≤10 | 297(10) |
2013 | 1234(22) | > 10,≤100 | 1110(39) |
2014 | 2293(41) | > 100,≤500 | 847(30) |
2015 | 2087(37) | > 500 | 584(21) |
Main cause-no.(%) | 4927 | Hospital grade-no.(%) | 5614 |
Responsibility | 2656(54) | Primary | 943(17) |
Skills | 1336(27) | Secondary | 2627(47) |
Nursing and Medicine | 333(7) | Tertiary | 2044(36) |
Medical Accidents | 249(5) | Medical Specialties-no.(%) | 5072 |
Management problem | 190(4) | General surgery | 1553(31) |
Informed consent | 163(3) | Obstetrics and gynecology | 1290(25) |
Time from dispute to closure (days)-no.(%) | 4953 | Internal medicine | 824(16) |
Mean | 87 | Pediatrics | 355(7) |
≤1 month | 1798(36) | Ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology | 146(3) |
> 1 month,≤3 month | 1425(29) | Oncology | 73(1) |
> 3 month,≤6 month | 1054(21) | Others | 831(16) |
> 6 month,≤1 year | 536(11) | Type of medical facility-no.(%) | 5614 |
> 1 year | 140(3) | General hospital | 3792(68) |
Closed with compensation-no.(%) | 2941 | Township hospital | 546(10) |
Mean (CNY1,000) | 60.2 | Traditional Chinese Medicine hospital | 522(9) |
≤10 | 1203(41) | Maternal and Child Health hospital | 493(9) |
> 10,≤100 | 1328(45) | Specialty hospital | 261(5) |
> 100,≤500 | 369(13) | Severity-no.(%) | 5590 |
> 500 | 41(1) | Death | 2305(41) |
First claim by patients-no.(%) | 2840 | Disability | 429(8) |
Mean (CNY1,000) | 357.9 | Others | 2856(51) |