title: Modeling eligibility under national systems of compensation for treatment injury.
abstract: How can different schemes of compensation for treatment injury be evaluated? This article offers an empirical approach to assessment based on the simulation of alternative models of eligibility using real-world data. It draws on information about adverse events generated from a representative survey of public hospital admissions in New Zealand and classifies these under a range of eligibility criteria for different possible compensation systems. These are then evaluated according to a number of policy design considerations, using variables available from the New Zealand study.
authors.affiliation: University of Auckland.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lay-Yee
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Briant
authors.forename: Alastair
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D035881:Compensation and Redress; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008318:Malpractice / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008485:Medical Audit; D019300:Medical Errors; D008508:Medication Errors; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D013222:State Medicine