The role of insurers in maternity safety

Best Practice & Research. Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Tim DraycottSusannah Hogg

Abstract

Adverse events in maternity care are frequently avoidable and litigation costs for maternity care are rising for many health services across the world. Whilst families for whom this injury was preventable suffer from this tragedy, there is an enormous loss of resource to healthcare in general. It is axiomatic that preventing avoidable harm is better for women, their families and society in general, and downstream this improvement should also reduce both litigation and costs. However, there are few initiatives that have reduced adverse clinical events in maternity services and fewer still that have demonstrated decreases in litigation costs. Where these data do exist, the involvement and engagement of insurers seem to have been crucial, but often unrecognized. Insurers could play a much broader role in preventing harm, and this article explores this potential.

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Aug 9, 2016·Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica·Christopher W H YauTimothy J Draycott
Mar 4, 2020·BMJ : British Medical Journal·Christopher Wai Hung YauTim Draycott
Mar 1, 2019·Reproductive Health·Monica Maria SiaulysMario Macoto Kondo

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