TY - JOUR T1 - Attitudes about Medical Malpractice: An American Society of Neuroradiology Survey JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology JO - Am. J. Neuroradiol. SP - 638 LP - 643 DO - 10.3174/ajnr.A3730 VL - 35 IS - 4 AU - N.P. Pereira AU - J.S. Lewin AU - K.P. Yousem AU - D.M. Yousem Y1 - 2014/04/01 UR - http://www.ajnr.org/content/35/4/638.abstract N2 - SUMMARY: The concern over medicolegal liability is pervasive among physicians. We sought, through an email survey to the members of the ASNR, to assess the experience with and attitudes about the medicolegal environment among neuroradiologists. Of 4357 physicians surveyed, 904 answered at least 1 of the questions in the survey; 449 of 904 (49.7%) had been sued: 180 (44.9%) had been sued once, 114 (28.4%) twice, 60 (15.0%) 3 times, and 47 (11.7%) more than 3 times. The payouts for suits were most commonly in the $50,000 to $150,000 range, except for interventional neuroradiologists, in whom the most common value was $600,000 to $1,200,000. Only 9 of 481 (1.9%) of suits returned a plaintiff verdict. Despite reported outcomes that favored physicians with respect to cases being dropped (270/481 = 56.1%), settled without a payment (11/481 = 2.3%), or a defense verdict (46/481 = 9.6), most respondents (81.1%, 647/798) believed that the medicolegal system was weighted toward plaintiffs. More than half of the neuroradiologists (55.2%, 435/787) reported being mildly to moderately concerned, and 19.1% (150/787) were very or extremely concerned about being sued. ASNRAmerican Society of NeuroradiologyPIAAPhysician Insurers Association of America ER -