Surgical malpractice forecasting
Forecasts of paid surgical malpractice claims from National Practitioner Data Bank reports: when a claim pays, how much, and what trial adds.
Key terms
- National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
The National Practitioner Data Bank is a federal repository of medical malpractice payments and adverse actions against U.S. health care practitioners, with a de-identified public use file.
- Survival analysis (time-to-event modeling)
Survival analysis models how long until an event happens, while correctly handling patients whose follow-up ends before the event (censoring).
Research and educational tools. Not for clinical decision-making.