Medical malpractice litigation : how it works, why tort reform hasn't helped /

"Over the past 50 years, the United States experienced three major medical malpractice (med mal) 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 o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Black, Bernard S., 1953- (Autor), Hyman, David A. (Autor), Paik, Myungho (Autor), Sage, William M. (Autor), Silver, Charles, 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Cato Institute, [2021]
Temas:
Physicians > Malpractice > United States.
Medical personnel > Malpractice.
Medical laws and legislation.
Health care reform.
Malpractice > legislation & jurisprudence
Liability, Legal
Legislation, Medical
Physicians > supply & distribution
Health Care Reform
Médecins > Responsabilité professionnelle > États-Unis.
Personnel médical > Responsabilité professionnelle.
Médecine > Droit > Législation.
Services de santé > Réforme.
Physicians > Malpractice.
Texas
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why this book matters
  • Our data sources and limitations
  • The Texas medical malpractice insurance crisis : smoke without much fire
  • Haircuts : jury verdicts and post-verdict payouts
  • Impact of policy limits in cases against physicians
  • Defense costs
  • The impact of capping damages
  • Medical malpractice claiming by elderly patients
  • Defensive medicine? Impact on health care spending
  • Impact on physician supply in Texas
  • The receding tide of medical malpractice litigation
  • Defensive medicine in the new-cap states
  • Does tort reform attract physicians to the new-cap states?
  • Synthesis : lessons and pathologies
  • Reform strategies : toward a better medical malpractice system
  • Three concluding points.

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