Calculating medical negligence costs

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Pienaar, Rina
Van Gelder, Antoine

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Law Society of South Africa

Abstract

When dealing with a claim for future medical expenses in a personal injury claim, one finds that future medical expenses are sometimes subdivided into further categories namely, surgical expenses, emotional and psychiatric expenses and future treatment, such as medication. The question of future surgical expenses proves to be a problem as it entertains the probability of the occurrence of an uncertain future event.

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Calculating, Medical costs, Surgical Expenses, Emotional and Psychiatric Expenses, Future Treatment, Medication Costs, Uncertain Future Events, Probability in Medical Claims, Financial Risk in Health Care

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Pienaar, R & Van Gelder, A 2015, 'Calculating medical negligence costs', De Rebus, September, no. 556, pp. 37-38.