The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that cases against internists and internal medicine subspecialists were the most likely to be dismissed (62 percent) across all specialties, followed by anesthesiologists (55 percent). Pediatrics (43 percent) and pathologists (37 percent) had the lowest rate of case dismissals among specialties.
“Given the wide variation in risk factors and patient circumstances across specialties, it seems reasonable that this could lead to variation in case outcomes across specialties,” said study co-author Seth Seabury, PhD, a researcher with RAND. “As to why any particular specialty has particular average case outcomes, it is difficult to say without more precise details about the case. I suspect it mostly has something to do with the nature of the injuries that lead to suits against internists.”
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