Study confirms rates are above average

Quick View. June 23, 2003.

	1990-2001		2001

	Total payouts	1995 rates*	Total payouts	2001 rates*
Pennsylvania	9,993	6.91	1,049	8.53
Delaware	382	4.43	52	6.53
Maryland	2,554	4.24	283	5.25
New Jersey	6,496	6.80	940	11.04
New York	21,437	9.84	2,085	10.93
Ohio	7,526	5.62	677	5.94
West Virginia	1,640	7.51	207	11.49
California	17,834	4.72	1,459	4.22

United States	157,720	5.00	15,771	5.53

A new Pew Charitable Trusts report looking at Pennsylvania's medical liability insurance problems pointed to higher than average malpractice claim rates and higher payouts than the national average. Here's how the number of payments in Pennsylvania compared with those in neighboring states and in California, which has had tort reform for more than 25 years.

* Rates per 100,000 population

Source: National Practitioner Data Bank statistics as quoted in the Pew Charitable Trusts' June report "Understanding Pennsylvania's Medical Malpractice Crisis"

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