Most cited papers in Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
What are the most cited papers in Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues?
The most cited paper in Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues is "A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population" (Alex Bernard Haynes, Thomas G. Weiser, William R. Berry et al., 2009), with 5,713 citations. Next come "Incidence of Adverse Events and Negligence in Hospitalized Patients" (4,679) and "The Nature of Adverse Events in Hospitalized Patients" (3,757).
Showing 50 of 98 papers. Every paper with more than 475 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population Alex Bernard Haynes, Thomas G. Weiser, William R. Berry et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 14 Jan 2009 | 5,713 |
| 2 | Incidence of Adverse Events and Negligence in Hospitalized Patients Troyen A. Brennan, Lucian L. Leape, Nan M. Laird et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 7 Feb 1991 | 4,679 |
| 3 | The Nature of Adverse Events in Hospitalized Patients Lucian L. Leape, Troyen A. Brennan, Nan M. Laird et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 7 Feb 1991 | 3,757 |
| 4 | Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the US Martin A. Makary, Michael G. Daniel · BMJ | 3 May 2016 | 3,287 |
| 5 | Four Models of the Physician-Patient Relationship Ezekiel J. Emanuel · JAMA | 22 Apr 1992 | 2,459 |
| 6 | The Quality in Australian Health Care Study Ross McL Wilson, William B. Runciman, Robert W Gibberd et al. · The Medical Journal of Australia | Nov 1995 | 2,401 |
| 7 | The Canadian Adverse Events Study: the incidence of adverse events among hospital patients in Canada G. Ross Baker · Canadian Medical Association Journal | 25 May 2004 | 2,366 |
| 8 | Adverse events in British hospitals: preliminary retrospective record review Charles A. Vincent, Graham Neale, Maria Woloshynowych · BMJ | 3 Mar 2001 | 2,082 |
| 9 | Error in medicine. L L Leape · PubMed | 21 Dec 1994 | 1,971 |
| 10 | LAW AND CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS Herbert L. Bernstein et al. | 1990 | 1,809 |
| 11 | The human factor: the critical importance of effective teamwork and communication in providing safe care M Leonard · BMJ Quality & Safety | Oct 2004 | 1,773 |
| 12 | Incidence and Types of Adverse Events and Negligent Care in Utah and Colorado Eric J. Thomas, David M. Studdert, Helen R. Burstin et al. · Medical Care | Mar 2000 | 1,686 |
| 13 | The Importance of Cognitive Errors in Diagnosis and Strategies to Minimize Them Pat Croskerry · Academic Medicine | Aug 2003 | 1,676 |
| 14 | Physician-patient communication. The relationship with malpractice claims among primary care physicians and surgeons Warren E. Levinson · JAMA | 19 Feb 1997 | 1,532 |
| 15 | Trust in Physicians and Medical Institutions: What Is It, Can It Be Measured, and Does It Matter? Mark A. Hall, Elizabeth Dugan, Beiyao Zheng et al. · Milbank Quarterly | Dec 2001 | 1,509 |
| 16 | Medical error: the second victim Albert W. Wu · BMJ | 18 Mar 2000 | 1,488 |
| 17 | Assessment of Patients' Competence to Consent to Treatment Paul S. Appelbaum · New England Journal of Medicine | 31 Oct 2007 | 1,420 |
| 18 | A New, Evidence-based Estimate of Patient Harms Associated with Hospital Care John T. James · Journal of Patient Safety | 16 Jul 2013 | 1,405 |
| 19 | Defensive Medicine Among High-Risk Specialist Physicians in a Volatile Malpractice Environment David M. Studdert · JAMA | 31 May 2005 | 1,272 |
| 20 | Five Years After To Err Is Human Lucian L. Leape, Donald M. Berwick · JAMA | 17 May 2005 | 1,256 |
| 21 | Hospital-acquired renal insufficiency: A prospective study Susan Hou, David A. Bushinsky, Jay B. Wish et al. · The American Journal of Medicine | Feb 1983 | 1,245 |
| 22 | Malpractice Risk According to Physician Specialty Anupam Bapu Jena, Seth A. Seabury, Darius Lakdawalla et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 17 Aug 2011 | 1,164 |
| 23 | Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care Christopher P. Landrigan, Gareth J Parry, Catherine B. Bones et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 24 Nov 2010 | 1,149 |
| 24 | Implementing shared decision making in the NHS Glyn Jones Elwyn, Steven Laitner, Angela Coulter et al. · BMJ | 14 Oct 2010 | 1,131 |
| 25 | Reporting and preventing medical mishaps: lessons from non-medical near miss reporting systems Paul Randall Barach · BMJ | 18 Mar 2000 | 1,120 |
| 26 | Medical ethics: four principles plus attention to scope Raanan Gillon · BMJ | 16 Jul 1994 | 1,116 |
| 27 | ‘Global Trigger Tool’ Shows That Adverse Events In Hospitals May Be Ten Times Greater Than Previously Measured David C. Classen, Roger K. Resar, Frances A. Griffin et al. · Health Affairs | Apr 2011 | 1,043 |
| 28 | Making It Safe: The Effects of Leader Inclusiveness and Professional Status on Psychological Safety and Improvement Efforts in Health Care Teams Ingrid M. Nembhard, Amy C. Edmondson | 2009 | 1,007 |
| 29 | A governance model for the application of AI in health care Sandeep Reddy, Sonia Allan, Simon Coghlan et al. · Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association | 10 Oct 2019 | 957 |
| 30 | Patients' and Physicians' Attitudes Regarding the Disclosure of Medical Errors Thomas H. Gallagher, Amy D. Waterman, Alison G. Ebers et al. · JAMA | 26 Feb 2003 | 954 |
| 31 | Incidence of adverse events and negligence in hospitalized patients: results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study I Troyen A. Brennan · BMJ Quality & Safety | Apr 2004 | 950 |
| 32 | Management of the fractured scaphoid using a new bone screw Herbert Tj, W. E. Fisher · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume | 1984 | 942 |
| 33 | Framework for analysing risk and safety in clinical medicine Charles Vincent, S. Taylor-Adams, Nicola Stanhope · BMJ | 11 Apr 1998 | 924 |
| 34 | The frequency and epidemiology of hand and forearm fractures in the United States Kevin C. Chung, Sandra V. Spilson · The Journal Of Hand Surgery | Sep 2001 | 921 |
| 35 | Prevalence, severity, and nature of preventable patient harm across medical care settings: systematic review and meta-analysis Maria Panagioti, Kanza Khan, Richard Neil Keers et al. · BMJ | 17 Jul 2019 | 883 |
| 36 | Predictors of patient satisfaction Jeffrey L. Jackson, Judith Chamberlin, Kurt Kroenke · Social Science & Medicine | Feb 2001 | 875 |
| 37 | Management of the Difficult Airway Gene N. Peterson, Karen B. Domino, Robert A. Caplan et al. · Anesthesiology | 27 Jun 2005 | 858 |
| 38 | Claims, Errors, and Compensation Payments in Medical Malpractice Litigation David M. Studdert, Michelle M. Mello, Atul A. Gawande et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 10 May 2006 | 856 |
| 39 | Reporting of Adverse Events Lucian L. Leape · New England Journal of Medicine | 13 Nov 2002 | 838 |
| 40 | Patient Participation: Current Knowledge and Applicability to Patient Safety Yves Longtin, Hugo Sax, Lucian L. Leape et al. · Mayo Clinic Proceedings | 30 Dec 2009 | 825 |
| 41 | Is Doctor-Patient Race Concordance Associated with Greater Satisfaction with Care? Thomas A. LaVeist, Amani Nuru‐Jeter · Journal of Health and Social Behavior | Sep 2002 | 811 |
| 42 | Correlation and Causation Susan Haack · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 28 Jul 2014 | 804 |
| 43 | Addressing Bias in Artificial Intelligence in Health Care Ravi Bharat Parikh, Stephanie Teeple, Amol S. Navathe · JAMA | 22 Nov 2019 | 790 |
| 44 | Views of Practicing Physicians and the Public on Medical Errors Robert J. Blendon, Catherine M. DesRoches, Mollyann Brodie et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 11 Dec 2002 | 777 |
| 45 | Fracture of the Distal Radius Including Sequelae-Shoulder–Handfinger Syndrome, Disturbance in the Distal Radio-Ulnar Joint and Impairment of Nerve Function: A Clinical and Experimental Study Gösta Frykman · Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica | Nov 1967 | 771 |
| 46 | The Doctor-Patient Relationship and Malpractice Howard Beckman · Archives of Internal Medicine | 27 Jun 1994 | 769 |
| 47 | Relation between Malpractice Claims and Adverse Events Due to Negligence A. Russell Localio, Ann G. Lawthers, Troyen A. Brennan et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 25 Jul 1991 | 730 |
| 48 | Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice Julia W. Aucoin · Journal of Radiology Nursing | 2004 | 730 |
| 49 | Patients’ trust in physicians: Many theories, few measures, and little data Steven D. Pearson, Lisa H. Raeke · Journal of General Internal Medicine | Jul 2000 | 714 |
| 50 | A User’s Manual For The IOM’s ‘Quality Chasm’ Report Donald M. Berwick · Health Affairs | May 2002 | 712 |
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