74% of anesthesiologists sued for care at outpatient clinics: 7 statistics on work setting & lawsuit risk

Of anesthesiologists who report being sued, 74 percent were sued while providing care at outpatient clinics, according to Medscape Malpractice Report 2015: Why Anesthesiologists Get Sued.

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Here are seven practice settings with the highest rates of malpractice lawsuits filed against anesthesiologists:

•    Healthcare organization — 75 percent
•    Outpatient clinic — 74 percent
•    Academic (non-hospital), research, military or government setting — 67 percent
•    Office-based solo practice — 64 percent
•    Office-based multispecialty group practice — 59 percent
•    Hospital — 55 percent
•    Office-based single-specialty group practice — 54 percent

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