Claims, liabilities, injures and compensation payments of medical malpractice litigation cases in China from 1998 to 2011

Table 3 The compensation payment in medical malpractice litigation, 2011*

Compensation payment	No.	Mean (95% CI)	Median (IQR)	P Value^†
Judgment
Civil mediation	90	$16493(11576-21409)	$9108(4466-20482)	0.125
Civil judgment	640	$22508($19005-$26011)	$11113($5315-$24049)	0.125
Liability
Equitable liability	39	$12002($2189-$21815)	$2549($1087-$11376)	<0.001
Fault liability	597	$23318($19621-$27014)	$11611($5764-$24894)	<0.001
Damage compensation
Minor injury	263	$15844($10806-$20882)	$7632($3795-$17275)	<0.001^¶
Serious injury	120	$46662($33456-$59867)	$23721($10367-$57058)
Death	200	$19565($16686-$22444)	$13270($7617-$23181)
Mental compensation
Minor injury	263	$3606($2850-$4361)	$1801($535-$4732)	0.836
Serious injury	120	$3159($2240-$4079)	$1812($357-$4541)
Death	200	$3159($2587-$3730)	$1869($340-$4492)

Abbreviation: CI confidence interval, IQR interquartile range, Max maximum, Min minimum.
*Value are given in 2011 dollars ($U.S.1 = ¥ 6.34).
^†Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test for compensation payment.
^¶Further Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test for damage compensation differences between minor injury, and serious injury(P < 0.001);As between serious injury and death (P < 0.001),as between minor injury, and death (P < 0.001).

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