Malpractice claims are a dreaded but rare fact of the practice of medicine—but not so rare if you’ve already been sued, researchers have found.
A recent study suggests that a small share of physicians account for the majority of malpractice suits in the United States. How small? Roughly 1% of all doctors were involved in a whopping 32% of paid claims, the study, reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, found (2016;374:354-362). The chances of being sued rose with the number