Table 1.

Summary of claims submitted to the Data Sharing Project of the Medical Professional Liability Association during a 15-year period (2001–2015).

Description	Closed claims	Paid claims	% Paid-to-closed	Average Indemnity	Average defense expense	% of all closed claims	% of all paid claims
All claims for patients 18+ years	110,447	30,720	27.8	$308,083	$41,033	81.5%	85.2%
Emergency Department and Urgent Care Claims	6,779	1,799	26.5	$309,908	$41,047	5.0%	5.0%
Emergency Department	5,737	1,499	26.1	$321,034	$42,602	5.2%	4.2%
Urgent Care	1,042	300	28.8	$254,315	$32,484	0.9%	0.8%