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Each of the following graphs provide medical malpractice data for all health care professionals as well as for physicians (MDs and DOs) only. Claims against all health care professionals include claims against nurses, nurse practitioners, psychologists, social workers, counselors, optometrists, dentists, dental hygienists, pharmacists, pharmacy techs, podiatrists, physical and occupational therapists and speech therapists.
Over the last twelve years there has been an unquestionable drop in the total number of paid medical malpractice claims against health care professionals including doctors in the US. The amount spent on these claims has dropped significantly as well. The first two graphs show this trend.
For example, there were just over 15,000 paid medical malpractice claims against MDs and DOs in 2003 in the US. By 2014 that number had dropped to below 8900 which is more than a 40% drop in twelve years. The amount paid on these claims dropped by nearly 30% during that time.
The information provided on this page has been taken from the National Practitioner Data Bank website.
