Claiming behaviour in a no-fault system of medical injury: a descriptive analysis of claimants and non-claimants.

Marie Bismark; Troyen A. Brennan; Peter B. Davis; David M. Studdert

Study

Claiming behaviour in a no-fault system of medical injury: a descriptive analysis of claimants and non-claimants.

September 6, 2006

Bismark M, Brennan TA, Davis PB, et al. Med J Aust. 2006;185(4):203-7.

View more articles from the same authors.

The investigators analyzed patient injury compensation data in New Zealand and found that few patients sought compensation for the recorded medical injuries. They also determined that poor, elderly, or minority patients were least likely to file a claim.

PubMed citation

Available at

Related Resources From the Same Author(s)

No-fault compensation for medical injuries: the prospect for error prevention.

March 6, 2005

Relationship between complaints and quality of care in New Zealand: a descriptive analysis of complainants and non-complainants following adverse events.

February 15, 2006

Governance of quality of care: a qualitative study of health service boards in Victoria, Australia.

May 28, 2014

Medical monitoring for pharmaceutical injuries: tort law for the public's health?

March 6, 2005

"Health courts" and accountability for patient safety.

September 13, 2006

Beyond negligence: avoidability and medical injury compensation.

October 31, 2007

Accidental deaths, saved lives, and improved quality.

October 5, 2005

The PRONE score: an algorithm for predicting doctors' risks of formal patient complaints using routinely collected administrative data.

May 27, 2015

Disclosure of medical injury to patients: an improbable risk management strategy.

January 24, 2007

Accountability sought by patients following adverse events from medical care: the New Zealand experience.

November 1, 2006

Risk factors for retained instruments and sponges after surgery.

March 6, 2005

Who pays for medical errors? An analysis of adverse event costs, the medical liability system, and incentives for patient safety improvement.

February 6, 2008

Analysis of surgical errors in closed malpractice claims at 4 liability insurers.

August 16, 2006

Prevalence and characteristics of physicians prone to malpractice claims.

February 3, 2016

Defensive medicine among high-risk specialist physicians in a volatile malpractice environment.

June 8, 2005

Identification of doctors at risk of recurrent complaints: a national study of healthcare complaints in Australia.

May 1, 2013

Remedies sought and obtained in healthcare complaints.

September 7, 2011

The Institute of Medicine report on medical errors—could it do harm?

March 27, 2005

The role of medical liability reform in federal health care reform.

July 1, 2009

Patient safety and medical malpractice: a case study.

March 6, 2005

Missed and delayed diagnoses in the ambulatory setting: a study of closed malpractice claims.

October 11, 2006

Claims, errors, and compensation payments in medical malpractice litigation.

May 17, 2006

Advising patients about patient safety: current initiatives risk shifting responsibility.

September 7, 2005

Missed and delayed diagnoses in the emergency department: a study of closed malpractice claims from 4 liability insurers.

October 11, 2006

Fostering rational regulation of patient safety.

July 20, 2005

Automatable algorithms to identify nonmedical opioid use using electronic data: a systematic review.

November 8, 2017

Incidence, patterns, and prevention of wrong-site surgery.

April 19, 2006

Negligent care and malpractice claiming behavior in Utah and Colorado.

March 27, 2005

Preventing medical injury.

March 27, 2005

A middle ground on public accountability.

March 6, 2005

Patients' experiences with communication-and-resolution programs after medical injury.

October 18, 2017

Good people who try their best can have problems: recognition of human factors and how to minimise error.

January 27, 2016

The incorporation of patient safety into board certification examinations.

April 12, 2006

The ageing surgeon: a qualitative study of expert opinions on assuring performance and supporting safe career transitions among older surgeons.

August 21, 2019

No-fault compensation in New Zealand: harmonizing injury compensation, provider accountability, and patient safety.

January 25, 2006

'Poking the skunk': ethical and medico-legal concerns in research about patients' experiences of medical injury.

July 17, 2019

Iatrogenic events resulting in intensive care admission: frequency, cause, and disclosure to patients and institutions.

April 27, 2005

The heart of health care: parents' perspectives on patient safety.

November 28, 2012

National costs of the medical liability system.

September 15, 2010

Assessing patients 2019 experiences with medical injury reconciliation processes: item generation for a novel survey questionnaire.

May 5, 2021

Ambulatory care adverse events and preventable adverse events leading to a hospital admission.

April 18, 2007

Communication factors in the follow-up of abnormal mammograms.

March 6, 2005

Relationship between quality of care and negligence litigation in nursing homes.

April 13, 2011

Administrative compensation for medical injuries: lessons from three foreign systems.

August 3, 2011

The medical liability climate and prospects for reform.

November 19, 2014

The role of physician specialty board certification status in the quality movement.

March 6, 2005

Human factors—recognising and minimising errors in our day to day practice.

February 10, 2016

An insurer's care transition program emphasizes medication reconciliation, reduces readmissions and costs.

July 27, 2016

Economic value of pharmacist-led medication reconciliation for reducing medication errors after hospital discharge.

November 2, 2016

Disclosing harmful medical errors to patients.

July 11, 2007

What has an Airbus A380 captain got to do with OMFS? Lessons from aviation to improve patient safety.

June 12, 2019

Characteristics of quality and patient safety curricula in major teaching hospitals.

July 21, 2010

Malpractice liability and health care quality: a review

February 19, 2020

Clinical faculty: taking the lead in teaching quality improvement and patient safety.

October 8, 2014

Relation between malpractice claims and adverse events due to negligence. Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study III.

March 27, 2005

Incidence of adverse events and negligence in hospitalized patients. Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study I.

March 27, 2005

Legal and policy interventions to improve patient safety.

March 2, 2016

Mandatory reporting of impaired medical practitioners: protecting patients, supporting practitioners.

February 4, 2015

Incidence and types of adverse events and negligent care in Utah and Colorado.

March 27, 2005

Medical errors involving trainees: a study of closed malpractice claims from 5 insurers.

October 24, 2007

Association of a clinical knowledge support system with improved patient safety, reduced complications and shorter length of stay among Medicare beneficiaries in acute care hospitals in the United States.

July 16, 2008

Inappropriate prescribing to older patients by nurse practitioners and primary care physicians.

November 8, 2023

Challenging hierarchy in healthcare teams--ways to flatten gradients to improve teamwork and patient care.

April 19, 2017

Patterns of technical error among surgical malpractice claims: an analysis of strategies to prevent injury to surgical patients.

November 14, 2007

Applying aviation factors to oral and maxillofacial surgery—the human element.

February 1, 2012

Leading article: how can I optimise my role as a leader within the surgical team?

August 31, 2016

Factors contributing to an increase in duplicate medication order errors after CPOE implementation.

August 17, 2011

Liability associated with obstetric anesthesia: a closed claims analysis.

January 21, 2009

Is there a relationship between high-quality performance in major teaching hospitals and residents' knowledge of quality and patient safety?

November 18, 2009

Incorporation of quality and safety principles in maintenance of certification: a qualitative analysis of American Board of Medical Specialties member boards.

September 12, 2018

Surgical adverse events: a systematic review.

June 26, 2013

Abbreviation use decreases effective clinical communication and can compromise patient safety.

October 4, 2023

Changes in practice among physicians with malpractice claims.

April 3, 2019

Cognitive errors and logistical breakdowns contributing to missed and delayed diagnoses of breast and colorectal cancers: a process analysis of closed malpractice claims.

June 13, 2012

Using a survey of incident reporting and learning practices to improve organisational learning at a cancer care centre.

October 17, 2007

The Daily Goals Communication Sheet: a simple and novel tool for improved communication and care.

October 8, 2008

Patterns of communication breakdowns resulting in injury to surgical patients.

April 11, 2007

Situational awareness—what it means for clinicians, its recognition and importance in patient safety.

August 24, 2016

Informatics opportunities: the intersection of patient safety and clinical informatics.

May 14, 2008

Information loss in emergency medical services handover of trauma patients.

September 23, 2009

Disclosing adverse events to patients: international norms and trends.

April 30, 2014

Surgical never events in the United States.

January 9, 2013

Adoption of patient-centered care practices by physicians: results from a national survey.

April 26, 2006

Reliability of a revised NOTECHS scale for use in surgical teams.

July 16, 2008

Incidence and types of preventable adverse events in elderly patients: population based review of medical records.

March 27, 2005

Improving prescription drug warnings to promote patient comprehension.

January 20, 2010

Planning and implementing a systems-based patient safety curriculum in medical education.

August 13, 2008

Reducing accidental extubation in neonates.

March 5, 2008

Team communication in the operating room.

August 10, 2005

Sample to sample carryover: a source of analytical laboratory error and its relevance to integrated clinical chemistry/immunoassay systems.

July 5, 2006

Potentially inappropriate medication use in hospitalized elders.

May 14, 2008

Human factors engineering in patient safety.

February 19, 2014

Do emergency physicians attribute drug-related emergency department visits to medication-related problems?

January 20, 2010

Impact of introducing an electronic physiological surveillance system on hospital mortality.

October 15, 2014

Effects of teamwork training on adverse outcomes and process of care in labor and delivery: a randomized controlled trial.

January 17, 2007

Patient-reported service quality on a medicine unit.

November 30, 2005

What can hospitalized patients tell us about adverse events? Learning from patient-reported incidents.

August 17, 2005

US public opinion regarding proposed limits on resident physician work hours.

July 28, 2010

A trigger tool fails to identify serious errors and adverse events in pediatric otolaryngology.

October 27, 2010

Use of administrative data to find substandard care: validation of the complications screening program.

October 26, 2005

Related Resources

Factors associated with diagnostic error: an analysis of closed medical malpractice claims.

April 19, 2023

Race differences in a malpractice event database in a large healthcare system.

March 1, 2023

A systems analysis of work-related violence in hospitals: stakeholders, contributory factors, and leverage points.

February 22, 2023

Electronic health record legal settlements in the US since the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.

December 21, 2022

The deterrent effect of tort law: evidence from medical malpractice reform.

September 28, 2022

Who killed patient safety?

July 20, 2022

Is there a mismatch between the perspectives of patients and regulators on healthcare quality? A survey study.

October 6, 2021

The patients' perspective: hematological cancer patients' experiences of adverse events as part of care.

August 18, 2021

The doctor was rude, the toilets are dirty. Utilizing 'soft signals' in the regulation of patient safety.

November 4, 2020

To err Is human, unless you are a healthcare provider.

August 3, 2020

As college students return, a crisis in campus care awaits.

July 29, 2020

Patient feedback for safety improvement in primary care: results from a feasibility study.

July 29, 2020

Preventing critical failure. Can routinely collected data be repurposed to predict avoidable patient harm? A quantitative descriptive study.

January 29, 2020

The ageing surgeon: a qualitative study of expert opinions on assuring performance and supporting safe career transitions among older surgeons.

August 21, 2019

Putting out fires: a qualitative study exploring the use of patient complaints to drive improvement at three academic hospitals.

July 10, 2019

Validation of the Primary Care Patient Measure of Safety (PC PMOS) questionnaire.

May 1, 2019

The association between complications, incidents, and patient experience: retrospective linkage of routine patient experience surveys and safety data.

March 27, 2019

Death by 1,000 clicks: where electronic health records went wrong.

March 27, 2019

In-hospital sequelae of injurious falls in 24 medical/surgical units in four hospitals in the United States.

March 13, 2019

Medicine Safety: Take Care.

February 27, 2019

Quality improvement priorities for safer out-of-hours palliative care: lessons from a mixed-methods analysis of a national incident-reporting database.

February 6, 2019

Barriers and facilitators to implementing a process to enable parent escalation of care for the deteriorating child in hospital.

August 22, 2018

Improving reconciliation following medical injury: a qualitative study of responses to patient safety incidents in New Zealand.

October 4, 2017

Managing the Costs of Clinical Negligence in Trusts.

October 4, 2017

Patients' reports of adverse events: a data linkage study of Australian adults aged 45 years and over.

September 6, 2017

Relationship between state malpractice environment and quality of health care in the United States.

April 12, 2017

Resolving malpractice claims after tort reform: experience in a self-insured Texas public academic health system.

December 7, 2016

Collaboration with regulators to support quality and accountability following medical errors: the communication and resolution program certification pilot.

September 21, 2016

WebM&M Cases

Complaints as Safety Surveillance

September 1, 2016

The impact of implementation of family-initiated escalation of care for the deteriorating patient in hospital: a systematic review.

June 22, 2016

See More About The Topic

Health Care Executives and Administrators

Policy Makers

Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events

Malpractice Litigation

Error Analysis

Claiming behaviour in a no-fault system of medical injury: a descriptive analysis of claimants and non-claimants.

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Claiming behaviour in a no-fault system of medical injury: a descriptive analysis of claimants and non-claimants.

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue logged in

New Users to the PSNet site