1% of physicians account for 32% of Paid Claims

In America the National Practitioner Data Bank analysed 66,426 claims paid against 54,099 physicians from 2005 to 2014. It was found that approximately 1% of all physicians accounted for 32% of paid claims. Risk of recurrence also varied according to specialty - for example, the risk among neurosurgeons was four times that of psychiatrists.

It was shown that physicians who had incurred three paid claims had high risks of recurrence, with a 24% chance of recurrence within 2 years.

David M. Studdert, L.L.B., Sc.D., Marie M. Bismark, M.B., Ch.B., L.L.B., Michelle M. Mello, J.D., Ph.D., Harnam Singh, Ph.D., and Matthew J. Spittal, Ph.D. (2016). Prevalence and Characteristics of Physicians Prone to Malpractice Claims. New England Journal of Medicine, 374(4), 354-362.
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