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Leading reasons U.S. physicians are sued 2015

Most common reasons for malpractice suits against U.S. physicians as of 2015

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	Share of reasons for being sued
Failure to diagnose	31%
Patient suffered an abnormal injury	31%
Failure to treat	12%
Poor documentation of patient instruction and education	4%
Errors in medication administration	4%
Failure to follow safety procedures	3%
Improperly obtaining/lack of informed consent	3%

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This graph presents the most common reasons for malpractice suits against U.S. physicians as of 2015. It was found that failure to diagnose and patients suffering an abnormal injury were the most common reasons for physicians being sued, each accounting for 31 percent of the total.

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Compensation

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Patients

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Customer satisfaction with most recent visit to health care provider in the U.S. as of 2015Customer-satisfaction with most recent visit to health care provider U.S. 2015
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Views on health reform

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