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Is there a crisis in malpractice claim rates or outcomes?

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Is there a crisis in malpractice claim rates or outcomes?

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ANSWER. Not in Texas, as best we can tell, at least through 2002. Claim rates and payouts to patients were generally stable throughout the period we studied (1988–2002). There was no increase in blockbuster verdicts (>$1 million), which were consistently around 5–6% of large paid claims.