FORENSIC EXAMINATION APPLICATIONS TO HEALTHCARE QUALITY ASSESSMENT

Abstract

The study objective is the assessment of forensic examination procedures applied to poor treatment outcome cases. 272 forensic examinations have been performed to investigate medical personnel negligence (6.2 % of the total number of examinations). The paper includes major reasons for performing forensic examinations. The examinations identify whether there is a cause/effect link between the treatment flaws and their consequences. In 56 cases (20.6 %) the flaws have been identified as a direct cause and in 22 cases (8 %) as an indirect cause of the outcomes. Under these cases the compensation claims ranged from 6,000 to 2,700,000 RUB.