No. 11 Medical Malpractice

Confidence in a country’s health care system, its viability, its smooth functioning and patient safety require indemnification and deterrence systems that: Adequately cover liability, both that of the medical practitioner and the health care establishment; Provide fair compensation of injury; and Deter medical malpractices.  Over the last years, in many OECD countries, these systems have experienced difficulties resulting in high-risk specialty physicians and surgeons leaving the practice a