Missed diagnoses by urologists resulting in malpractice payment.

William J. Badger; Michael E. Moran; Christa Abraham; Bharat Yarlagadda; Michael Perrotti

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Missed diagnoses by urologists resulting in malpractice payment.

January 4, 2012

Badger WJ, Moran ME, Abraham C, et al. J Urol. 2007;178(6):2537-9.

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This study discovered that more than 25% of indemnity payments from closed malpractice claims resulted from missed or delayed diagnoses.

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