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Publication Date:
December 2006
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1558-9544
DOI:
10.2202/1558-9544.1039

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Who Pays? The Incidence of High Malpractice Premiums

Mark Pauly1 / Christy Thompson2 / Thomas Abbott3 / James Margolis4 / William Sage5

1The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, pauly@wharton.upenn.edu

2University of Minnesota, thom1319@umn.edu

3Medstat, Inc., thomas.abbott@thomson.com

4Medical Group Management Association, jwm@mgma.com

5University of Texas-Austin, bsage@law.utexas.edu

Citation Information: Forum for Health Economics & Policy. Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages –, ISSN (Online) 1558-9544, DOI: 10.2202/1558-9544.1039, December 2006

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2006-12-01

This paper uses data from physician group practice to examine the relationship between malpractice premium levels and physician net incomes for the years 1994, 1998, and 2002, a period in which malpractice premiums rose rapidly. We find, as did work covering earlier periods of premium growth, that physician net incomes were not reduced by high or rising premiums, and that gross practice revenues were higher when premiums were higher. There is evidence that this forward shifting of costs was associated more with higher quantities of services than with higher unit fees.

Keywords: malpractice insurance; incidence; physician behavior

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