The State of Medical Malpractice Payouts

Posted onAuthorRegina Bailey, MD, JD, LLM

2736822225_1faf0dba4eI have written a few articles and blog posts about medical malpractice.  A company recently published a study of medical malpractice claims from 2012.  Some interesting findings are:
    • New York had the highest dollar amount of total payouts for 2012, $763,088, 250.
    • 48% of all payouts came from only 5 states (New York, New Jersey, California, Florida and Pennsylvania).
    • The vast majority of payouts were from settlements; only 5% of payouts made it to trial and were received from a judgement.
    • Texas and North Dakota had the lowest, per capita payouts.
    • The highest percentage of malpractice claims were due to failure to diagnose.

A link to that study can be found here:
Diederich Heatlhcare 2013 Medical Malpractice Payout Analysis.
http://www.diederichhealthcare.com/medical-malpractice-insurance/2013-medical-malpractice-payout-analysis/

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[This post originally appeared on the ‘Health Law Blog for ER Doctors’]
Links to some of Dr. Bailey’s articles on Medical Malpractice:
Bailey, R.  Resident Liability in Medical Malpractice. Annals of Emergency Medicine (January 2013).
Bailey, R. Medical Liability Reform: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. What’s Up in Emergency Medicine (June 2011). https://www.emra.org/content.aspx?id=583
Bailey, R. The Litigators Lions Pit: The Top 10 Medical Malpractice Issues Every Resident Should Know. What’s Up in Emergency Medicine (March 2011).