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released: 18 May 2012 author: AIHW media release

This report presents information on public and private sector medical indemnity claims for 2009-10. There were 9,415 medical indemnity claims open at some point during the year, including 2,900 new claims. A total of 2,647 claims were closed during the year. The main clinician specialties allegedly involved in the incidents giving rise to claims were General practice and Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

ISSN 1833-7422; ISBN 978-1-74249-298-8; Cat. no. HSE 120; 72pp.; Internet Only

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  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Symbols
    • Summary
      • Claims
      • Cost and duration
      • The alleged incidents and who was involved
  • Body section
    • Introduction
      • Background to the report
      • Collaborative arrangements
    • The collection
      • Data items and definitions
      • Claim management practices
      • Data completeness and Not known rates
    • Claims for 2009–10
      • Health service setting
      • Primary incident/allegation type
      • Specialty of clinician
      • Closed claims: extent of harm and specialty of clinician
    • Patients who were the subjects of claims
      • Sex and age group of claim subject
      • Primary incident/allegation type
      • Primary body function/structure affected
    • Administrative and financial characteristics
      • Duration of claims
      • Reserve range of current claims
      • Total claim size of closed claims
      • Mode of claim finalisation
      • Total claim size and health service setting
      • Total claim size and specialty of clinician
      • Total claim size and extent of harm
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1: Data items and definitions
      • Appendix 2: Data quality statements
      • Appendix 3: Public and private sector claim management practices
      • Appendix 4: Coding examples for some main data items
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures

Recommended citation

AIHW 2012. Public and private sector medical indemnity claims in Australia 2009-10. Safety and quality of health care no. 12. Cat. no. HSE 120. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 January 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=10737421854>.