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To identify specific physician-patient communication behaviors associated with malpractice claims history among primary care physicians and surgeons.

February 19, 1997JAMA

Physician-patient communication. The relationship with malpractice claims among primary care physicians and surgeons

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WLWarren LevinsonTufts University

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Comparative study reveals distinct communication patterns reduce malpractice claims in primary care physicians but not surgeons, highlighting specialty-specific risk-prevention strategies.

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To identify specific physician-patient communication behaviors associated with malpractice claims history among primary care physicians and surgeons.
Analyzed audiotapes of 10 routine office visits per physician across 124 offices in Oregon and Colorado, evaluating 59 primary care physicians and 65 general and orthopedic surgeons.
Classified physicians into claims (≥2 lifetime claims) or no-claims groups, stratifying by specialty and years in practice, and coded dialogues using the Roter Interaction Analysis System.
No-claims primary care physicians used more statements of orientation, humor, and facilitation, and conducted longer routine visits than claims physicians (mean, 18.3 vs 15.0 minutes).
Multivariable models for primary care improved malpractice claims status prediction by 57% above chance (90% confidence interval, 33%-73%).
Communication behaviors and multivariable models did not significantly distinguish between claims and no-claims surgeons.

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Warren Levinson (1997) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0f1c4aa7a2fed64abdb8ba https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.277.7.553

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Comparative study reveals distinct communication patterns reduce malpractice claims in primary care physicians but not surgeons, highlighting specialty-specific risk-prevention strategies.

Physician-patient communication. The relationship with malpractice claims among primary care physicians and surgeons

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Physician-patient communication. The relationship with malpractice claims among primary care physicians and surgeons

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