Tort liability and obstetricians' care levels

Critics of tort liability as it related to health care often argue that the threat of medical malpractice results in "defensive medicine." Although the term is only rarely used in relation to a socially optimal care level, the implication is that defensive medicine means overdeterrence. A...

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Published inInternational review of law and economics Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 245 - 260
Main Authors Sloan, Frank A., Entman, Stephen S., Reilly, Bridget A., Glass, Cheryl A., Hickson, Gerald B., Zhang, Harold H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sevenoaks, Kent, U.K Elsevier Inc 01.06.1997
Elsevier
Butterworths
Elsevier Science Ltd
SeriesInternational Review of Law and Economics
Subjects
Civil proceedings
Hypotheses
Impact analysis
Liability
Medical care
Medical malpractice
Obstetrics
Professional negligence
Regression analysis
State court decisions
Studies
Torts
United States > US
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Summary:Critics of tort liability as it related to health care often argue that the threat of medical malpractice results in "defensive medicine." Although the term is only rarely used in relation to a socially optimal care level, the implication is that defensive medicine means overdeterrence. A study assesses practice changes made in response to the threat of tort liability in the field of obstetrics, which has one of the highest levels of premiums, claim frequency, and mean dollar value of paid claims.
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ISSN:0144-8188
1873-6394
DOI:10.1016/S0144-8188(97)00005-7