What are the trends in paid medical malpractice claims for physicians in the United States, and do they vary by specialty ?
This is a question in a research paper titled “Rates and Characteristics of Paid Malpractice Claims Among US Physicians by Specialty, 1992-2014”
The paper can be found here “https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2612118”
Australian doctors may be interested in this study, despite the different Regulatory environment and other differences between the risks in Australia and the USA.
This database study linked National Practitioner Data Bank claims data with physician specialty.
Schaffer AC, Jena AB, Seabury SA, Singh H, Chalasani V, Kachalia A. Rates and Characteristics of Paid Malpractice Claims Among US Physicians by Specialty, 1992-2014. JAMA Intern Med. 2017;177(5):710–718. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0311
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