Our study of complaints only captures an unknown fraction of patients that would complain of a medical error.
The extent to which complaints were concentrated in a small group of doctors was striking, consistent with other studies of complaints 7 19 22 and claims.
The federal study of citizen complaints pointed to the influence of police unions as one factor: Complaints were sustained 15percentt of the time at law enforcement agencies that had to collectively bargain with employees, more than twice the 7percentt rate at agencies that didn't collectively bargain.
This study of patient complaints made to the chief health-quality regulators in Australia found that the complaints clustered heavily among a small group of doctors.
A study of healthcare complaints reported that a small number of practitioners are over-represented in the majority of formal complaints brought against doctors.
But some advocates consider that rule inadequate: a five-year study of noise complaints at Westchester found that 99percentt came from people from outside the 65-decibel zone, said Arline Bronzaft, the chairwoman of the Aircraft Noise Abatement Group of New York and New Jersey.
But some advocates consider that rule inadequate: a five-year study of noise complaints at Westchester found that 99percentt came from outside the 65-decibel zone, said Arline Bronzaft, the chairwoman of the Aircraft Noise Abatement Group of New York and New Jersey.
Craig Futterman, a clinical law professor at the University of Chicago, said a study of abuse complaints over the last five years showed that the odds were 2 in 1,000 that an officer charged with abuse would be disciplined.
Among them is a study of noise complaints made by city residents to the city's nonemergency information hotline, 311, compiled by the Spatial Information Design Lab at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University.
A CCRB spokesperson said the board has undertaken a comprehensive study of chokehold complaints in the wake of Garner's death.
