Hospital acquired illness creates 12% liablity: Study Says
The 2008 Hospital Professional Liability and Physician Liability Benchmark Analysis was released on Monday. Their findings: that one out of six medical malpractice liability claims against health care entities result from infections, injuries and other conditions which are acquired at the hospital.
The study was conducted jointly by Aon Corp and the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, both based in Chicago. It is intended to provide health care risk managers with a better understanding of the cost of risk compared to an industry benchmark. Hospital acquired illnesses were included in the study for the first time this year. The goal is to establish a benchmark for future liability costs for such ailments to which they can be compared.
Aon said in a statement that health care organizations can look at trends in frequency, severity and total loss cost to help better manage their liability concerns.
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