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
- 3.1 All 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
- 5.1 Alleged health care incidents leading to claims
- 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
- Appendix 1 Background to the MINC collection
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures and boxes
- Appendixes