Risks management in Pediatric Primary Care

Economic claims and judicial demands against health professionals and healthcare institutions are steadly increasingin the National Healthcare System. Although the specialised level (hospitals and its professionals) received about 80% of the total, primary care has an important number of claims. Despite that, Pediatricians in de Primary Care are un `sure professional group`having the shorter number of claims. In this paper some facts on Pediatricians`s Primary Care claims and judicial demands are presented, and some opinions that can explain the scarce conflicting situation are given; also are exposed the basic principles of healthcare risk management in order to implement specific programmes to assure the health care quality, the patients`s and professionals`s security and to control the healthcare costs.