Since 1990, approximately 64,594 medical malpractice payment reports have been recorded in New York, the highest total of any state across the country, according to a Nov. 15 release sent to Becker’s.
The states with the highest medical malpractice rates and the number of incidences per practitioner:
1. New York: 1.254
2. Pennsylvania: 1.047
3. New Jersey: 0.732
4. Michigan: 0.725
5. New Mexico: 0.716
6. Florida: 0.700
7. Rhode Island: 0.684
8. Maryland: 0.660
9. Indiana: 0.635
10. Connecticut: 0.629
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