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released: 11 Mar 2011 author: AIHW media release

This report presents data for public and private sector medical indemnity claims, collected through the Medical Indemnity National Collection (MINC), for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 and is the first report in its series to publish claim numbers. The information presented includes the circumstances giving rise to claims, the age and sex of the subjects of the claims, the alleged physical and mental effects on claim subjects, the specialties of clinicians involved, the size and finalisation mode of claims and the length of time that claims were open.

ISSN 1833-7422; ISBN 978-1-74249-064-9; Cat. no. HSE 90; 58pp.; INTERNET ONLY

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
      • Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Summary  
  • Body section
    1. Introduction
      • 1.1 Background to the report
      • 1.2 Collaborative arrangements
    2. The collection
      • 2.1 Data items and definitions
      • 2.2 Claim management practices
      • 2.3 Data completeness and Not known rates
    3. Claims for 2007–08
      • 3.1 Health care incidents leading to claims
        • Health service setting
        • Primary incident/allegation type
        • Specialty of clinician
      • 3.2 People affected by claims
        • Age and sex of claim subject
        • Primary body function/structure affected
      • 3.3 Duration of claims
      • 3.4 Reserve range of current claims
      • 3.5 Total claim size
      • 3.6 Mode of claim finalisation
      • 3.7 Total claim size and specialty of clinician
      • 3.8 Total claim size and health service setting
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1: Data items and definitions
      • Appendix 2: Public and private sector claim management practices
        • The public sector
        • The private sector
      • Appendix 3: Coding examples for some main data items
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures and boxes

 

Recommended citation

AIHW 2011. Public and private sector medical indemnity claims in Australia 2007-08. Safety and quality of health care no. 7. Cat. no. HSE 90. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 January 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=10737418323>.