【】Objective: STo explore the characteristic and pattern of medical disputes, and thus provide the basis for medical institutions to prevent medical disputes.SSMethods: General descriptive statistical analysis used to analyze seven aspects such as the number of annual disputes, distribution of compensation amount per case, distribution to various medical institutions , distribution to different departments involved in disputes, gender of patients, age of patients, and cause of disputes. Results: The number of medical disputes is stable, tertiary hospital is "disaster zone"; "economic compensation" is the key point to disputes resolution, indemnity number ranges mainly Yuan; the department of surgery ranks top 1 in frequency; elderly patients and children patients are main group involved in dispute; dissatisfaction with the effect of diagnosis and treatment is the "fuse" to medical disputes.SConclusion: Tertiary hospitals should strengthen consciousness of prevention to medical disputes, emphasize on the service idea of participation by the patient; pay attention on the prevention to key departments and key crowds; improving the level of professional technique and the ability of communication with patients; enhancing the credibility of medical dispute mediation mechanism.