Medical Malpractice - Insurance Dataset

According to a recent study published in the US News and World Report the cost of medical malpractice in the United States is $55.6 billion a year, which is 2.4 percent of annual health-care spending. Another 2011 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that annually, during the period 1991 to 2005, 7.4% of all physicians licensed in the US had a malpractice claim. These staggering numbers not only contribute to the high cost of health care, but the size of successful malpractice claims also contributes to high premiums for medical malpractice insurance.

The data set contains information about the last 79210 claim payments made.

• Amount - Amount of the claim payment in dollars
• Severity - The severity rating of damage to the patient, from 1 (emotional trauma) to 9 (death)
• Age - Age of the claimant in years
• Private Attorney - Whether the claimant was represented by a private attorney
• Marital Status - Marital status of the claimant
• Specialty - Specialty of the physician involved in the lawsuit
• Insurance - Type of medical insurance carried by the patient
• Gender - Patient Gender