TABLE 3.
Association of Patient Age and Injury Type With Probability of an Indemnity Payment and Time to Resolution Among Pediatric Malpractice Claims
| Claims Resulting in an Indemnity Payment, Mean % | Time to Resolution of Claims, Mean mo | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | |
| Patient age at time of incident | ||||
| <1 mo | 15.3 | 18.7 | 23.7 | 21.6 |
| 1–12 mo | 21.5 | 21.2 | 19.9 | 27.2 |
| >1 y | 18.1 | 10.8 | 26.0 | 23.9 |
| P value for difference across all age categories | .42 | .36 | .15 | .05 |
| Type of injury | ||||
| Fatality | 16.8 | 12.1 | 18.9 | 18.4 |
| Permanent injury | 19.7 | 23.9 | 30.5 | 28.0 |
| Temporary or psychological | 13.3 | 10.8 | 14.4 | 20.4 |
| P value for difference across all injury categories | .41 | .09 | <.001 | .02 |
Adjusted means were estimated from multivariate linear regressions that adjusted for patient age, injury type, physician age, and state and year fixed effects. The P values are based on joint significance tests of the differences in means across categories.