Medical Liability
	Research

AAP Periodic Survey #48 Findings

• Medical liability experiences of pediatricians (1987 - 2001)

  Executive Summary - Experiences With Medical Liability.
  November 2001

  AAP News - Medical liability trends in pediatrics change little. AAP News,
  April 2002

• Immunization administration practices (risk communication/documentation,
  vaccine refusal and VFC participation)

  AAP News - AAP survey tracks vaccine administration practices. AAP News,
  February 2003

  Abstracts

  1. Risk Communication and Pediatrician response to Vaccine Refusals.
     National Immunization Conference (NIC), March 2003
  2. Pediatricians' Practices Regarding Communicating and Documenting
     Vaccine Risk/Benefit Information. Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS),
     May 2002
     
     

• Selected office management practices (1992-2001), and medical fraud and
  abuse programs

  Executive Summary - Office Management Practices and Medical Fraud &
  Abuse Programs. October 2001

AAP News - Fraud compliance program a life preserver for audited practices.
July 2002

• Study of closed pediatric malpractice claims from 1985-2004
  

  AAP News - Report highlights data on medical malpractice claims closed in '04. July 2005

  AAP News - Report looks at pediatricians’ malpractice experience. February 2004