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released: 11 May 2010 author: AIHW

Public and private sector medical indemnity claims in Australia 2006-07: a summary presents data from the combined Medical Indemnity National Collection of public and private sector claims. Data on claims that were current at any time over the period of 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 are included. The report includes the circumstances that gave rise to claims, the medical specialities involved in claims, the people making claims, the size of claims and the length of time they have been open.

ISSN 1833-7422; ISBN 978-1-74249-010-6; Cat. no. HSE 86; 33pp.; INTERNET ONLY

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary pages
    • Title and verso pages
    • Foreword
    • Acknowledgments
    • Summary
  • Body pages
    • 1 Introduction
      • 1.1 Background to the report
      • 1.2 Collaborative arrangements
    • 2 MINC data
      • 2.1 Scope of the report
      • 2.2 National reporting of medical indemnity
      • 2.3 Claim management practices
        • Claim management practices of private sector medical indemnity insurers
        • Claim management practices of public sector claim managers
      • 2.4 Data items and definitions
      • 2.5 Data quality and completeness
        • Data coverage
        • Not known category
      • 2.6 Ongoing development of the collection
    • 3. Claims data for 2006–07
      • 3.1 Claims
        • Primary incident/allegation type
        • Specialty of clinician
        • Age and sex of claim subject
        • Primary body function/structure affected
        • Duration of claims
        • Total claim size and mode of finalisation
  • End matter
    • Appendix 1: Coding examples for some main data items
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures

Recommended citation

AIHW 2010. Public and private sector medical indemnity claims in Australia 2006-07: a summary. Cat. no. HSE 86. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 January 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442468360>.