Italy: presumed medical errors 2016-2017, by therapeutic area
This statistic depicts the distribution of the presumed medical errors reported by patients in Italy in 2016 and 2017, by therapeutic area. According to data, the percentage of malpractice reported in the field of orthopedic treatments accounted for 20.3 percent of the total share in 2016 and 21 percent in 2017. Moreover, 1.6 percent of the errors were registered in treatments linked to the circulatory and lymphatic system.