Medical Malpractice: A Comprehensive Analysis
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...
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Examines medical malpractice issues using statistical analysis.
Tables and FiguresPreface1Opening Statement12Malpractice Claims313Severity of Medical Malpractice Claims734Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums955Dental Malpractice1136Politics of Malpractice1397Medical Malpractice and the Supply of Physicians1558Malpractice and Defensive Medicine1779Malpractice and Health Care Costs20310Closing Statement221App. I249App. II253Selected Bibliography263Author Index267Subject Index273
