Medical negligence claims and the health and life satisfaction of Australian doctors: A prospective cohort analysis of the MABEL survey

OM Bradfield; M Bismark; A Scott; M Spittal

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Medical negligence claims and the health and life satisfaction of Australian doctors: A prospective cohort analysis of the MABEL survey

OM Bradfield, M Bismark, A Scott, M Spittal

BMJ Open | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059447

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Abstract

Objective To assess the association between medical negligence claims and doctors' self-rated health and life satisfaction. Design Prospective cohort study. Participants Registered doctors practising in Australia who participated in waves 4 to 11 of the Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL) longitudinal survey between 2011 and 2018. Primary and secondary outcome measures Self-rated health and self-rated life satisfaction. Results Of the 15 105 doctors in the study, 885 reported being named in a medical negligence claim. Fixed-effects linear regression analysis showed that both self-rated health and self-rated life satisfaction declined for all doctors over the course o..

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Funding Acknowledgements

OMB was funded by the Australian Government on a 2020 Melbourne Research Scholarship and is a 2020 Fulbright Future Scholar. MB was funded by the Australian Government on a National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Grant (APP1195984). MS was funded by the Australian Government on an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT180100075).