Claims severity increases: Study; Tort reforms impact claims frequency.(News)(Brief article)

Business Insurance,  October, 2006  by Lenckus, Dave

Tags: Aon Corp., hospital, severity

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Byline: DAVE LENCKUS While the frequency of hospital medical malpractice liability claims has stabilized, the severity of claims continues to grow, though at a slower rate, according to a study by Aon Risk Consultants, a unit of Chicago-based Aon Corp. Claim frequency in 2005 remained at 2.6% of acute care bed equivalents, the same as in 2004 and down slightly from 2.7% in 2003, according to the "2006 Hospital Professional Liability and Physician Liability Benchmark Analysis,'' which was co-sponsored by the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management.

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