Criminal Litigation of Workplace Violence in Chinese Hospitals and Legal Effort to Deescalate Crimes

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ID13775706
AuthorsHeng Li (0000-0002-6074-3397, Academy for China’s Rule-of-Law, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China, corresponding author), Dajun Gao (Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China), Yanjie Guan (Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China), Chang Xu (0000-0002-0166-3143, Intelligent Hospital Research Academy, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China)
Year2023
Volume60
Pages469580231153274-469580231153274
Publication date2023-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueINQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0046-9580 • E-ISSN: 1945-7243
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00469580231153274
PMID36799409
OpenAlexW4321165800
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited41

Workplace violence in Chinese hospitals has increasingly attracted world attention. This study aimed to describe the characteristics of criminal litigation cases on workplace violence in Chinese hospitals at a national level and explore the influencing factors associated with the severity of workplace violence. A retrospective study was designed to analyse 507 criminal litigation cases on workplace violence in Chinese hospitals, with data extracted from the Chinese court website. The multiple ordered logistic regression model was used to analyse the impact of the potential influencing factors on the severity of workplace violence. The crimes as workplace violence in the hospitals were concentrated in East and Central China (53.9%). The most common clinical specialty involved in workplace violence was Gynecology and Obstetrics (27.8%). The first 4 types of crimes as workplace violence in the hospitals were the crime as picking quarrels and provoking trouble (26.0%), the crime as disrupting public service (20.7%), the crime as intentional injury (19.1%), and the crime as gathering people to disturb public order (15.2%). The severity of crimes as workplace violence in the hospitals was significantly associated with location (OR = 2.569, P = .013), victim type (policemen or security guards) (OR = 0.495, P = .005), more than 3 victims (OR = 2.252, P = .035), perpetrators (patients' family member) (OR = 0.491, P = .045), previous arrest (OR = 2.113, P = .024), premeditation (OR = 2.234, P = .004), and psychiatric disorders (OR = 1.911, P = .019). The number of the crimes as workplace violence in Chinese hospitals was slightly declining from 2014 to 2020. The severity of crimes as workplace violence in the hospitals was significantly associated with secondary hospitals, more than 3 victims, victim type (policemen or security guards), perpetrators (patients' family member), previous arrest, premeditation, and psychiatric disorders

China · Criminology · Domestic violence · Logistic regression · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · Specialty · Suicide prevention · Workplace violence · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Law · Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Workplace Violence and Bullying

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