Medical liability practices in Canada : Responsabilité médicale au Canada : vers un juste équilibre des pratiques

PATIENT COMPENSATION: This response seeks to compensate the injured patient in a manner that is appropriate and equitable, given both the extent of the injuries and the circumstances involved. [...] Affordability Even with the application of conservative estimates of compensation levels and the imposition of limitations to only avoidable injuries, the costs associated with the no fault, hybrid no fault/fault and litigation authority models represent a multiple-fold increase over those of the current system8. [...] In the New Zealand experience, this appears to have led to the imposition of filters or stringent criteria to manage the number of compensation cases and the resulting associated costs. [...] Unlike the other systems noted in this appendix, the French example puts the emphasis, from the outset, on the avoidance of accountability. [...] The medical misadventure component of the ACC, which deals with the indemnification of victims of medical treatment injuries, represents approximately 2% of the ACC's claim amounts.