Culture For Handling Medical Malpractice Lacks In Hungary

  • 5 Aug 2014 3:00 AM
Culture For Handling Medical Malpractice Lacks In Hungary
Hungary lacks the culture for handling and communicating medical malpractice but legal issues are likely to gather apace in health care, business daily Világgazdaság said, citing a report by market researcher Szinapszis.

Around 400-500 lawsuits are filed as a result of alleged medical malpractice every year and total compensation of 2 billion forints (EUR 6.4m) is paid out.

Some 32% of the doctors interviewed said lawsuits had been filed against them for alleged medical malpractice, and another 40% said they had received threats of a lawsuit.

As many as 90% of dissatisfied patients said they would have had reason to file a lawsuit for medical malpractice but eventually decided not to.

Fully 70% said the prospect of a lengthy procedure deterred them and 44% the expected high costs of a lawsuit prevented them. Some 32% of patients said they did not know where to turn to with complaints.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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