Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Symbols
    • Summary
      • Public sector claims for 2007-08
      • Changes over time for new claims 2003-04 to 2007-08
      • Public sector claims closed between 2003-04 and 2007-08
      • Obstetrics-related claims
  • Body section
    • 1 Introduction
    • 2 The collection
      • 2.1 Scope and context
      • 2.2 Policy, administrative and legal context
        • Claims management
      • 2.3 Data items
      • 2.4 Data coverage, quality and completeness
        • Data coverage and completeness
        • Missing data
        • Data quality
          • Not known rates
          • Data cleaning of the collection
      • 2.5 Reporting the collection's claim characteristics
    • 3 Public sector medical indemnity claims for 2007-08
      • 3.1 All claims, 2007-08
        • Clinical service context
        • Primary incident/allegation type
        • Specialties of clinicians
        • Primary body function/structure affected
        • Extent of harm
      • 3.2 Current claims at 30 June 2008
        • Reserve range and principal clinician specialty
        • Reserve range and duration
      • 3.3 Closed claims, 2007-08
        • Total claim size and mode of settlement
        • Extent of harm
      • 3.4 New claims, 2007-08
    • 4 Changes over time to public sector medical indemnity claims, 2003-04 to 2007-08
      • 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
        • New claims in 2007-08
      • 4.4 Extent of harm
      • 4.5 Mode of settlement and claim size
    • 5 Public sector medical indemnity claims closed between 2003-04 and 2007-08
      • 5.1 Alleged health care incidents leading to claims
        • Clinical service context
        • Primary incident/allegation type
        • Principal clinician specialty
        • Primary body function/structure affected
        • Claim subject patient admission status
        • Geographic location
      • 5.2 Administrative and financial characteristics of closed claims
        • Length and cost of claims
        • Mode of settlement
        • Clinical service context and cost of claims
        • Primary incident/allegation type, primary body function/structure affected and cost of claims
        • Allegations of loss and cost of claims
      • 5.3 Sex and age of claim subjects
        • Clinical service context
        • Primary incident/allegation type
        • Primary body function/structure affected
        • Total claim size
    • 6 Obstetrics claims
      • Principal clinician specialty
      • Geographic location
      • Primary body function/structure affected
      • Extent of harm and number of loss categories
      • Primary incident/allegation type and total claim size
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1 Background to the MINC collection
        • Background to the collection
        • Collaborative arrangements
        • Purposes of the collection
      • Appendix 2 MINC data items and key terms
      • Appendix 3 Policy, administrative and legal features in each jurisdiction
        • New South Wales
        • Victoria
        • Queensland
        • Western Australia
        • South Australia
        • Tasmania
        • Australian Capital Territory
        • Northern Territory
      • Appendix 4 Body function/structure categories
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures and boxes