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Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015 Jun 3;93(2):241–250. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.05.040
Close Year Closed
Claims*
Paid
Claims
% Paid
of
Closed
Claims
Total
Indemnity
Paid††
Average
Indemnity
Paid††
Total
Expenses -
All Closed
Claims††
Average
Expenses -
All Closed
Claims††
Total
Expenses -
Paid
Claims††
Average
Expenses -
Paid
Claims††
Total
Expenses -
No
Indemnity††
Average
Expenses -
No
Indemnity††
1985 103 30 29.1% $4,216,912 $140,564 $942,406 $9,150 $334,182 $11,139 $608,224 $8,332
1986 92 16 17.4% $5,932,780 $370,799 $1,598,860 $17,379 $500,081 $31,255 $1,098,779 $14,458
1987 132 11 8.3% $5,697,868 $517,988 $1,261,349 $9,556 $334,407 $30,401 $926,942 $7,661
1988 72 12 16.7% $2,415,897 $201,325 $983,825 $13,664 $251,804 $20,984 $732,021 $12,200
1989 56 6 10.7% $476,890 $79,482 $715,685 $12,780 $193,241 $32,207 $522,444 $10,449
1990 28 5 17.9% $1,901,083 $380,217 $897,674 $32,060 $505,185 $101,037 $392,489 $17,065
1991 21 1 4.8% $927,300 $927,300 $462,443 $22,021 $42,703 $42,703 $419,740 $20,987
1992 42 12 28.6% $5,022,453 $418,538 $1,050,446 $25,011 $491,083 $40,924 $559,363 $18,645
1993 61 13 21.3% $3,224,980 $248,075 $1,864,954 $30,573 $452,226 $34,787 $1,412,727 $29,432
1994 70 19 27.1% $5,431,341 $285,860 $3,158,611 $45,123 $1,941,038 $102,160 $1,217,573 $23,874
1995 50 9 18.0% $4,011,456 $445,717 $856,659 $17,133 $332,584 $36,954 $524,074 $12,782
1996 63 10 15.9% $3,642,046 $364,205 $2,061,835 $32,728 $430,736 $43,074 $1,631,099 $30,775
1997 100 18 18.0% $11,007,063 $611,504 $2,919,917 $29,199 $803,115 $44,618 $2,116,802 $25,815
1998 78 21 26.9% $10,152,242 $483,440 $1,630,543 $20,904 $623,949 $29,712 $1,006,594 $17,660
1999 88 23 26.1% $7,395,081 $321,525 $3,772,188 $42,866 $2,074,997 $90,217 $1,697,192 $26,111
2000 39 13 33.3% $6,934,933 $533,456 $1,329,486 $34,089 $1,013,116 $77,932 $316,370 $12,168
2001 39 12 30.8% $6,372,511 $531,043 $1,361,719 $34,916 $863,144 $71,929 $498,575 $18,466
2002 21 9 42.9% $2,250,864 $250,096 $1,086,913 $51,758 $470,959 $52,329 $615,955 $51,330
2003 44 7 15.9% $2,061,267 $294,467 $758,090 $17,229 $274,817 $39,260 $483,273 $13,061
2004 33 13 39.4% $11,431,328 $879,333 $1,460,579 $44,260 $804,026 $61,848 $656,553 $32,828
2005 34 13 38.2% $5,576,519 $428,963 $1,240,191 $36,476 $588,580 $45,275 $651,611 $31,029
2006 27 8 29.6% $1,466,463 $183,308 $1,399,207 $51,822 $569,972 $71,246 $829,235 $43,644
2007 40 14 35.0% $6,625,672 $473,262 $2,282,798 $57,070 $1,493,022 $106,644 $789,776 $30,376
2008 36 19 52.8% $8,465,816 $445,569 $1,731,377 $48,094 $1,259,247 $66,276 $472,130 $27,772
2009 26 10 38.5% $2,482,618 $248,262 $2,291,271 $88,126 $1,303,909 $130,391 $987,362 $61,710
2010 26 9 34.6% $3,219,021 $357,669 $1,065,315 $40,974 $621,599 $69,067 $443,716 $26,101
2011 18 5 27.8% $689,175 $137,835 $1,018,205 $56,567 $193,370 $38,674 $824,834 $63,449
2012 78 4 5.1% $923,000 $230,750 $1,382,555 $17,725 $284,577 $71,144 $1,097,978 $14,838

Cumulative 1,517 342 22.5% $129,954,578 $379,984 $42,585,100 $28,072 $19,051,669 $55,707 $23,533,432 $20,028
*

Closed claims are medical liability claims that have been resolved through settlement or verdict or withdrawn, dropped or dismissed without payment.

Paid Claims are medical liability claims that resulted in indemnity payment to the plaintiff as a result of settlement or court adjudication.

††

Adjusted for inflation, 2012 index year26.

Expenses are litigation expenses related to the defense of a liability claim, including expenses paid in the process of administering or adjudicating a claim.