From: Evaluative reports on medical malpractice policies in obstetrics: a rapid scoping review
Author, year (setting) | Sample | Strategy name | Follow-up period | Adverse events |
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Behrens 2011 [21] (Mississippi, USA) | 4878 lawsuits | Mississippi tort reform legislation | 7Â years | Obstetrical/gynecological |
Bovbjerg 2005 [22] (USA) | 226 claims + 281 surveys | Administrative compensation model | 8 years in Florida, 9 years in Virginia | Birth-related neurologic injuries |
Currie 2008 [30] (USA) | NR | Noneconomic damage caps | NR | Obstetrics |
Limit joint and several liability | ||||
Caps on punitive damages | ||||
Reforms of the collateral source rule | ||||
Edwards 2010 [23] (Virginia, USA) | 571 obstetricians | Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program (BIP) | 19Â years | Obstetrics |
Ho 2011 [24] (USA) | 234,826 adverse events | Apology laws | NR | Any medical malpractice including obstetrics |
Iizuka 2013 [25] (USA) | NR | Caps on noneconomic damages (CapsNED) | NR | Birth trauma injury to neonate; obstetric trauma to mother |
Caps on punitive damages (CapsPD) | ||||
Collateral source rule (CSR) reform | ||||
Joint and several liability reform | ||||
Kachalia 2010 [31] (Michigan, USA) | 1131 claims | Medical Error Disclosure Program | 4Â years | Any medical error |
Kilgore 2006 [32] (USA) | NR | Damage caps strategy | NR | Internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics |
Statute of limitations | ||||
Milne 2013 [27] (Canada) | 39 participating hospitals | Managing Obstetrical Risk Efficiently (MORE) | 8Â years (costs) & 9Â years (catastrophic infant claims) | Obstetrics |
Pegalis 2012 [26] (USA) | NA | Patient safety guidelines | NR | Obstetrics |
Santos 2015 [29] (USA) | 5 labor and delivery sites | Risk reduction labor and delivery model | 2Â years and 3Â months | Obstetrics; labor and delivery events (shoulder dystocia and fetal distress) |
Studdert 2004 [3] (California, USA) | 152 cases | California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) cap | 17 years | Surgical errors, obstetrical errors, missed or delayed diagnoses, and drug errors |
Thorpe 2004 [33] (USA) | NR | Award cap strategy | NR | Obstetrics, surgical, internal |
Winn 2007 [28] (UK) | 7352 obstetrics and gynecology claims | Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts | 3Â years | Any medical malpractice obstetrics |