Characteristics of medical liability claims against dermatologists from 1991 through 2015.

Heather Kornmehl; Sanminder Singh; Brandon L. Adler; Alexander E. Wolf; Dean A. Bochner; April W. Armstrong

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Characteristics of medical liability claims against dermatologists from 1991 through 2015.

December 20, 2017

Kornmehl H, Singh S, Adler BL, et al. JAMA Dermatol. 2018;154(2):160-166.

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This retrospective examination of closed malpractice claims against dermatologists identified procedural errors and missed diagnoses as the most frequent types of claims. As with malpractice claims across other specialties, most were dismissed or withdrawn.

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