Structure and negative sequelae of medical errors in care for angina pectoris
Kulikova, M.A.; Kuleshova 'EV; Perepech, N.B.; Mikhaílov, S.M.
Klinicheskaia Meditsina 75(10): 59-63
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2149 PMID: 9490344 Document Number: 472298
12 cardiologists trained as experts in assessment of medical care quality (MCQ) made a computer-assisted expertise of the care rendered to 110 anginal patients. Of these 68 patients had angina of effort (AE) and 42 had unstable angina (UA). This made up 10% of annual number of anginal patients treated in the cardiological clinic in 1996. Medical errors were of the same type in both the groups. Inadequate collection of information, erroneous diagnosis, treatment, continuity occurred in 50, 30, 15 and 5% of all the errors, respectively. Negative effects of the errors were mild (less seriously suffered AE patients), but led to waste of health service resources.