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Book Synopsis Impact of Legal Reforms on Medical Malpractice Costs by :
Download or read book Impact of Legal Reforms on Medical Malpractice Costs written by and published by Congress. This book was released on 1993 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Medical Liability Reform by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business
Download or read book Medical Liability Reform written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Effects of Malpractice Pressure and Liability Reforms on Physicians' Perceptions of Medical Care by : Daniel P. Kessler
Download or read book The Effects of Malpractice Pressure and Liability Reforms on Physicians' Perceptions of Medical Care written by Daniel P. Kessler and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: present four findings. First, physicians from states enacting liability reforms that directly reduce malpractice pressure experience lower growth over time in malpractice claims rates and in real malpractice insurance premiums. Second, physicians from reforming states report significant relative declines in the perceived impact of malpractice pressure on practice patterns. Third, individual physicians' personal experiences with the malpractice system are a key determinants of the perceived importance
Book Synopsis Medical Malpractice by : United States. General Accounting Office
Download or read book Medical Malpractice written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Defensive Medicine and Medical Malpractice by :
Download or read book Defensive Medicine and Medical Malpractice written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Effects of Litigation on Health Care Costs by : Ann T. Hunsaker
Download or read book The Effects of Litigation on Health Care Costs written by Ann T. Hunsaker and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Medical Malpractice Litigation by : Bernard S. Black
Download or read book Medical Malpractice Litigation written by Bernard S. Black and published by Cato Institute. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drawing on an unusually rich trove of data, the authors have refuted more politically convenient myths in one book than most academics do in a lifetime." —Nicholas Bagley, professor of law, University of Michigan Law School "Synthesizing decades of their own and others’ research on medical liability, the authors unravel what we know and don’t know about our medical malpractice system, why neither patients nor doctors are being rightly served, and what economics can teach us about the path forward." —Anupam B. Jena, Harvard Medical School Over the past 50 years, the United States experienced three major medical malpractice crises, each marked by dramatic increases in the cost of malpractice liability insurance. These crises fostered a vigorous politicized debate about the causes of the premium spikes, and the impact on access to care and defensive medicine. State legislatures responded to the premium spikes by enacting damages caps on non-economic, punitive, or total damages and Congress has periodically debated the merits of a federal cap on damages. However, the intense political debate has been marked by a shortage of evidence, as well as misstatements and overclaiming. The public is confused about answers to some basic questions. What caused the premium spikes? What effect did tort reform actually have? Did tort reform reduce frivolous litigation? Did tort reform actually improve access to health care or reduce defensive medicine? Both sides in the debate have strong opinions about these matters, but their positions are mostly talking points or are based on anecdotes. Medical Malpractice Litigation provides factual answers to these and other questions about the performance of the med mal system. The authors, all experts in the field and from across the political spectrum, provide an accessible, fact-based response to the questions ordinary Americans and policymakers have about the performance of the med mal litigation system.
Book Synopsis The Impact of Tort Reform on Medical Malpractice Premiums and Health Care Costs by : Bartholomew Thomas Wilson
Download or read book The Impact of Tort Reform on Medical Malpractice Premiums and Health Care Costs written by Bartholomew Thomas Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Medical Malpractice by : Vasanthaku N. Bhat
Download or read book Medical Malpractice written by Vasanthaku N. Bhat and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-09-30 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The healthcare delivery system in the United States is inundated with medical malpractice and liability issues, and there is no consensus about causes or solutions. Both physicians and an alliance of lawyers and consumer groups agree that there is a crisis, but physicians claim that the current medical malpractice system inheres in too many lawsuits while the lawyers argue that the current level of litigation is insufficient. Multivariate statistical methods are used in this much needed effort to investigate the effects of medical malpractice on various aspects of health care. After introducing the various tort reforms that have been proposed and implemented by some states, the author analyzes the impact of these reforms on medical malpractice payment rates, claim payments, malpractice insurance, and in dental malpractice. The impact of malpractice liability on costs, licensure, disciplinary action, the supply of physicians, and the practice of defensive medicine are also covered. This is an essential guide for students in law, medicine, and health administration, as well as anyone who wants to research these issues for public policy.
Book Synopsis Medical Malpractice Reform Measures and Their Effects by : Robert B. Leflar
Download or read book Medical Malpractice Reform Measures and Their Effects written by Robert B. Leflar and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New rules and methods for medical injury dispute resolution have been launched in New Hampshire and New York, and demonstration projects are underway elsewhere. This article describes major medical malpractice reforms undertaken and proposed in recent years. Reforms are classified as (1) liability-limiting initiatives favoring health-care providers; (2) procedural innovations promoted as improving dispute resolution processes, such as patient compensation funds, “sorry” laws, disclosure and early offer laws, health courts, and safe harbor laws; and (3) major conceptual reforms to move liability away from physicians to hospitals or administrative no-fault compensation systems. Empirical evidence about the practical effects of already-implemented reforms, such as damage caps, is reviewed. In light of declining malpractice claim rates, heavier adverse impacts of damage caps on vulnerable groups (people who have severe injuries, who are elderly, and who are unemployed) and repeated findings of state law unconstitutionality, the rationale for nationwide damage caps is questioned. Attention to innovative reform proposals such as patient compensation funds, disclosure and early offer laws, safe harbor laws, enterprise insurance and no-fault compensation systems, is encouraged.The full-text version of the article, including tables indicating the types of reform measures enacted in each state (and those found unconstitutional), is available by email from the author, or online from the publisher and copyright holder, the American College of Chest Physicians.
Book Synopsis The Economics of Medical Malpractice by : Simon Rottenberg
Download or read book The Economics of Medical Malpractice written by Simon Rottenberg and published by American Enterprise Institute Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA. Compilation of conference papers on the economic implications and legal aspects of physicians' liability in medical malpractice - covers theoretical issues, the causes of crisis in medical malpractice insurance, etc. References and statistical tables.
Book Synopsis Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform by : Montana. Legislature. Joint Interim Subcommittee on Insurance Issues
Download or read book Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform written by Montana. Legislature. Joint Interim Subcommittee on Insurance Issues and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Essays in the Economics of Medical Malpractice Law by : Ity Shmuel Shurtz
Download or read book Essays in the Economics of Medical Malpractice Law written by Ity Shmuel Shurtz and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation explores the interaction between medical malpractice law and medical treatment. The first chapter addresses the question: How do malpractice lawsuits affect physician behavior? In this chapter, I study the impact of malpractice claims against obstetricians, a specialty that is regarded as particularly subject to malpractice concerns, on their choice of whether to perform C-sections, a common procedure that is thought to be sensitive to physician incentives. I find that immediately after an adverse event (defined as an obstetrical procedure that ultimately leads to a malpractice claim), C-section rates jump discontinuously by 4%. The increase in C-section rates persists even 4.5 years after the adverse event. Several other findings provide support to the view that fear of litigation and damage to reputation explain the results, rather than a mere response to the negative outcome that brought about the malpractice claim. First, unsuccessful claims, which, at the time of the adverse event, are perceived as less harmful to physicians' reputation, do not lead to an increase in C-section rates. Second, the impact on C-section rates is larger for patients insured by a commercial insurance provider, for which reputational concerns are likely to be stronger, since they are less constrained in their choice of physicians. In addition, the impact is smaller for experienced physicians, but not for those with a prior history of litigation claims. I also find evidence of peer effects: following an adverse event, a physician's colleagues also have higher C-section rates. Overall, this chapter shows that following an adverse event physicians adopt more conservative and costly treatment strategies and that their response is likely to be related to fear of litigation and damage to reputation. The impacts of malpractice regulations and financial incentives for providers are typically studied independently. In the second chapter of this dissertation, I show that in order to make both positive and normative statements about medical malpractice liability, one must consider the legal and financial incentives faced by healthcare providers jointly. I develop a simple model of physician behavior to show that the effect of tort reforms on treatment decisions depends critically on physicians' financial incentives. When treatment is not profitable at the margin, liability reduction leads to a decrease in treatment levels; conversely when treatment is profitable, liability reduction leads to an increase in treatment levels. Motivated by this simple theoretical framework, I analyze the impact of a tort reform in Texas that reduced malpractice liability on C-section rates and common pediatric surgical procedures. Consistent with the theory, the data show that the rate of C-sections for commercially insured mothers, which are thought to be profitable, increase by about 2% relative to the rate of C-sections for mothers on Medicaid, which are considered to be unprofitable. Similarly, the reform increases the incidence of profitable pediatric procedures relative to unprofitable ones. These findings help explain why the existing literature on optimal medical malpractice law is inconclusive and underscore the importance of understanding the economic incentives at play when designing legal regulations.
Book Synopsis Medical Malpractice--tort Reform by : James E. Hamner
Download or read book Medical Malpractice--tort Reform written by James E. Hamner and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Crs Report for Congress by : Congressional Research Service: The Libr
Download or read book Crs Report for Congress written by Congressional Research Service: The Libr and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medical malpractice liability is governed by state law, but Congress has the power, under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Art. I, 8, cl. 3) to regulate it. On March 13, 2003, the House passed H.R. 5, 108th Congress, which would preempt state law with respect to certain aspects of medical malpractice lawsuits. H.R. 5 finds "that the health care liability system is a costly and ineffective mechanism for resolving claims of health care liability and compensating injured patients." It seeks to prevent the decreased availability of medical services, "reduce the incidence of defensive medicine' and lower the cost of health care liability insurance, all of which contribute to the escalation of health care costs." Opponents of medical malpractice reforms have argued that "there is a very minimal relationship between health care costs and malpractice litigation," and that, "[a]s the Harvard Medical Practice Study reported in 1990, . . . about one in eight negligently injured patients file a malpractice claim. The study's authors concluded that we do not now have a problem of too many claims; if anything, there are too few.'" This report does not address the question of the effects of medical malpractice litigation, or ...
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Download or read book Impact of Legal Reforms on Medical Malpractice Costs written by and published by Congress. This book was released on 1993 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Resolution of Medical Malpractice Claims, Research Results and Policy Implications by : Patricia Munch Danzon
Download or read book The Resolution of Medical Malpractice Claims, Research Results and Policy Implications written by Patricia Munch Danzon and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1970s, both the frequency of medical malpractice claims and the dollar awards to successful plaintiffs rose at unprecedented rates. In 1974-1975, the malpractice insurance crisis erupted. By the end of 1976, most state legislatures had enacted laws to deal with the perceived causes of the crisis. With only scant empirical evidence on the actual operation of the tort system and likely effects of any changes, however, legislators have had to rely on anecdote, subjective reasoning, and conventional wisdom. The research summarized in this report aims at rectifying that deficiency. It analyzes two computerized files on over 6,000 closed claims, using a computerized model of the bargaining behavior through which claims are resolved. It produced useful evidence on the actual operation of the malpractice system, including changes made during the crisis, and analytic tools that can be applied to understand dispute resolution in other contexts.