Requests for Compensation in Cases Involving Patients' Falls in Healthcare Settings: A Retrospective Analysis.
Italian legislation
fall-related injuries
medical malpractice
patients’ falls
risk of falls
Journal
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2227-9032
Titre abrégé: Healthcare (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101666525
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
30 Apr 2023
30 Apr 2023
Historique:
received:
06
03
2023
revised:
24
04
2023
accepted:
29
04
2023
medline:
13
5
2023
pubmed:
13
5
2023
entrez:
13
5
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Falls are the most frequent adverse events recorded in healthcare facilities. By employing a multifaceted strategy to ensure prevention interventions that are specific to the patient type and environmental risk management, risk factor evaluation may help to reduce falls in the hospital setting. Patient falls are one of the main causes of lawsuits against hospitals, which has led to the development of validated instruments that are beneficial in treating the patient after the incident and effective in minimizing the frequency of falls. The aim of our study is to evaluate compensation claims asserting healthcare culpability in situations where a patient fell in a hospital setting. The collected data relate to judgments issued in Italy until December 2022 regarding 30 episodes of falls that occurred between 2003 and 2018. Our research revealed that approximately 50% of Italian healthcare organizations lose the case in court when a patient falls in a hospital setting and dies or is injured. In half of these cases, the failure of the medical staff to use protective equipment against falls is what led to the court's acceptance of the compensation claim. In order to improve the quality of healthcare services, fall prevention techniques must continue to be implemented.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37174832
pii: healthcare11091290
doi: 10.3390/healthcare11091290
pmc: PMC10178431
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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