美国新罕布什尔州“早期支付赔偿制度”评介

Introduction and Discussion of Early-offer For Medical Injury Claims System in New Hampshire

为应对不断增长的医疗过失诉讼案件,美国新罕布什尔州推行的"早期支付赔偿法案"允许医疗照护提供者主动提出一份赔偿价额的报告给受到伤害的患者了解并与其协商,进而提出财产上损害赔偿金方案,当患者接受医疗照护提供者提出的赔偿额后,将限制患者提起诉讼的权利,以达到缓和医患关系、减少医疗过失诉讼及迅速解决纷争的效果。此项制度对医患双方的权利保障较为完整妥适,程序简易明了,值得我国解决医疗纠纷难题时加以斟酌并仿效。

In order to cope with the growing medical negligence, New Hampshire, the implementation of the ＂early payment of Compensation Act＂ allows health care providers to offer a compensation value report to harm patients for understanding and ne- gotiating with them, and then put forward the property damage compensation scheme. When a patient receives compensation from a medical provider, it will restrict the patient＇s right to sue in order to ease the doctor- patient relationship, reduce the medical negligence litigation and quickly resolve the dispute. This system safeguards the rights of both doctors and patients appropriately, and the program simple and clear, being worthy of our country to consider and emulate to solve the medical dispute problem.