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Study confirms rates are above average

Quick View. June 23, 2003.

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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

This information and the accompanying full-text visual aids were drawn from the following 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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