The prevalence of medical violation claims and associated predictors at the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia: A logistic regression analysis |
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| Institution: | 1. Maternity and Children Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia;2. College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, 2835 King Faisal Road, Dammam, 34212, Saudi Arabia;1. Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 273008, India;2. State Medicolegal Expert, State Medicolegal Cell, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226004, India;3. Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 225003, India;4. TBI Hospital, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, 231001, India;1. Wroclaw Medical University Department of Forensic Medicine, 4 J. Mikulicza-Radeckiego Street, Lower Silesia Province, Wroclaw, 50345, Poland;2. Institute of Toxicology Research, 45 Kasztanowa Street, Lower Silesia Province, Borowa, 55093, Poland;1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Australia;2. Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, The Australian National University, Australia;3. School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia;4. Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine/ Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Australia;1. Epilepsy Research Center,Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;2. Medical Imaging Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;3. Trauma Research Center, Shahid Rajaee Trauma Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;4. Trauma Research Center, Shahid Rajaee Trauma Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran |
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| Abstract: | Despite efforts to improve healthcare delivery and ensure patient safety, medicolegal claims in Saudi Arabia remain a concerning issue. This study investigated medical violation claims referred to the medical violation committee in the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia. A retrospective study was conducted on medical violation claims from 2016 to 2019. Binary logistic regression was performed to examine the association between issued verdicts and a set of defendant, plaintiff and healthcare institution variables. During the study's period, the medical violation committee reached final verdicts against 1242 healthcare professionals in which 69% of them were found guilty. The majority of the defendants worked in private healthcare institutions (66%), were physicians (30%), male (53%), and non-Saudi (64%). Working at pharmacies, other healthcare settings, and the private sector were significantly associated with receiving a guilty verdict. Male healthcare professionals as well as pharmacists were found to have a higher likelihood to receive a guilty verdict than their respective counterparts. Medical violation claims filled by the Ministry of Health were more likely to receive guilty verdicts than those filled by patients or healthcare professionals. Findings of the study extend the literature on medicolegal claims and introduces implications for healthcare professionals and policymakers at institutional and national levels. |
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| Keywords: | Healthcare professionals Medicolegal Regression Saudi Arabia Violation |
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