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released: 18 May 2012 author: AIHW media release

This report presents data on the number, nature and costs of public sector medical indemnity claims for 2005-06 to 2009-10, with a focus on 2009-10 claims. There were more new claims in 2009-10 (1,620) than in any of the three previous years (about 1,130 to 1,270 claims per year). As in previous years, the three health services most often implicated were Emergency department, General surgery and Obstetrics.

ISSN 1833-7422; ISBN 978-1-74249-297-1; Cat. no. HSE 119; 117pp.; Internet Only

Publication

Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Symbols
    • Summary
  • Body section
    • 1 Introduction
    • 2 The collection
      • 2.1 Scope and context
      • 2.2 Policy, administrative and legal context
      • 2.3 Data items
      • 2.4 Data coverage, completeness and quality
      • 2.5 Reporting claim characteristics
    • 3 Public sector medical indemnity claims for 2009–10
      • 3.1 New claims
      • 3.2 Current claims
      • 3.3 Closed claims
    • 4 Changes over time to public sector medical indemnity claims, 2005–06 to 2009–10
      • 4.1 Claim numbers
      • 4.2 Clinical service context and principal clinician  specialty
      • 4.3 Primary body function/structure affected and primary incident/allegation type
      • 4.4 Extent of harm
      • 4.5 Mode of settlement and claim size
    • 5 Public sector medical indemnity claims closed between 2005–06 and 2009–10
      • 5.1 Alleged health-care incidents leading to claims
      • 5.2 Administrative and financial characteristics of closed claims
      • 5.3 Sex and age of claim subjects
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1: Background to the MINC collection
      • Appendix 2: MINC data items and key terms
      • Appendix 3: Medical Indemnity National Collection (Public Sector) data quality statement
      • Appendix 4: Policy, administrative and legal features in each jurisdiction
      • Appendix 5: Body function/structure categories
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures

Recommended citation

AIHW 2012. Australia's public sector medical indemnity claims 2009-10. Safety and quality of health care no. 11. Cat. no. HSE 119. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 13 January 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=10737421850>.