Eye doctors and medical malpractice
Related Medical Malpractice Statistics
- Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for ocularist malpractice in the USA:
- 23 medical malpractice reports were made to the National Practitioner Databank regarding ocularists in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for optician malpractice in the USA:
- 15 medical malpractice reports were made to the National Practitioner Databank regarding opticians in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 7 medical malpractice reports were made to the National Practitioner Databank regarding opticians in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for optometrist malpractice in the USA:
- 456 medical malpractice reports were made to the National Practitioner Databank regarding optometrists in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for orthotic malpractice or prosthetics malpractice in the USA:
- 7 medical malpractice reports were made to the National Practitioner Databank regarding orthotics or prosthetics fitters in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- Medical malpractice statistics for the USA 2003:
- 559 (0.3%) optical-related practitioners had a malpractice report made against them in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 672 (0.2%) malpractice reports were made against optical-related practitioners in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- Optical-related practitioners had an average of 1.02 malpractice reports made against each of them in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- Medical malpractice statistics for the USA 2003:
- 32 (0.2%) optical-related practitioners had a malpractice report made against them in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
- 28 (0.1%) malpractice reports were made against optical-related practitioners in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
Medical Malpractice Information
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