Vocational and psychosocial predictors of medical negligence claims among Australian doctors: a prospective cohort analysis of the MABEL survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand the association between medical negligence claims and doctors' sex, age, specialty, working hours, work location, personality, social supports, family circumstances, self-rated health, self-rated life satisfaction and presence of recent injury or illness.

Design and setting

Prospective cohort study of Australian doctors.

Participants

12 134 doctors who completed the Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life survey between 2013 and 2019.

Primary outcome measure

Doctors named as a defendant in a medical negligence claim in the preceding 12 months.

Results

649 (5.35%) doctors reported being named in a medical negligence claim during the study period. In addition to previously identified demographic factors (sex, age and sp

SUBMITTER: Bradfield OM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9171255 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature