Table 2 Summary of categories and themes
Main categories | Themes | Subthemes |
|---|---|---|
Underlying and Contextual Factors of Defensive Medicine | Organizational-managerial factors | Factors related to medical education and training. |
Factors Related to the management of health facilities and health system policymaking | ||
Factors related to the medical complaints system | ||
Social factors | Factors related to the patient-physician relationship | |
Factors related to the general culture of society | ||
Physicians’ personal factors | The poor motivation of physicians for risk-taking | |
Physician’s Personality Traits and psychological condition | ||
Factors related to the nature of medicine and medical interventions | Factors related to the nature of medicine | |
Factors related to the nature of the medical intervention | ||
Examples of DM | Positive DM | - |
Negative DM | - | |
Suggested strategies to Reduce and Prevent Defensive Medicine | Modification of the medical complaints managing system | - |
Social strategies | - | |
Organizational-managerial strategies | - |