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released: 20 Sep 2011 author: AIHW media release

This report presents information on public and private sector medical indemnity claims for 2008-09. There were 9,173 medical indemnity claims open at some point during the year, including 5,072 from the public sector and 4,101 from the private sector. The main clinician specialties allegedly involved in the incidents giving rise to claims were General practice and Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

ISSN 1833-7422; ISBN 978-1-74249-199-8; Cat. no. HSE 112; 58pp.; Internet Only

Publication

Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Symbols
    • Summary
      • Claims
      • Cost, duration and mode of claim finalisation
      • The incidents and who was involved
  • 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
        • The public sector
        • Private sector medical indemnity insurers
      • 2.3 Data completeness and Not known rates
    • 3 Claims for 2008–09
      • 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 of closed claims
      • 3.6 Mode of claim finalisation
      • 3.7 Closed claims: specialty of clinician
      • 3.8 Closed claims: 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

Recommended citation

AIHW 2011. Public and private sector medical indemnity claims in Australia 2008-09. Safety and quality of health care no.10. Cat. no. HSE 112. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 January 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=10737419942>.