Medical Malpractice

Patricia M. Danzon

Published by Harvard University Press 1985

Medical Malpractice

Theory, Evidence, and Public Policy

Patricia M. Danzon

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674331143

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About this book

How often are patients seriously injured through faulty medical care? And what proportion of these people receive compensation for their injuries and suffering? This is the first book that tries to answer these questions in a careful, scholarly way. Among its important findings is that at most one in ten patients injured through medical negligence receives compensation through the malpractice system.

The focus of public attention has been on the rising cost to physicians of malpractice insurance. Although Patricia Danzon analyzes this question thoroughly, her view is much broader, encompassing the malpractice system itself--the legal process, the liability insurance markets, and the feedback to health care. As an economist, she is concerned with the efficiency or cost-effectiveness of the system from the point of view of its three social purposes: deterrence of medical negligence, compensation of injured patients, and the spreading of risk. To provide evidence of the operation of the system in practice, to distinguish fact from allegation, and to evaluate proposals for reform, she has undertaken a detailed empirical analysis of malpractice claims and insurance markets. It is a major contribution to our understanding of how the system works in practice and how it might be improved.

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Danzon Patricia M. :

Patricia M. Danzon is Associate Professor, Center for Health Policy Research and Education, Duke University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Framework and Evidence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
II. Issues in Medical Malpractice Insurance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
III. Reforms and Alternatives Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Summary and Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 264
Illustrations
- Other: illustrations
Keywords: Malpractice insurance -- United States.; Medical personnel -- Malpractice -- Economic aspects -- United States.; Physicians -- Malpractice -- Economic aspects -- United States.; MEDICAL / General

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674331143

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1985
ISBN: 9780674331136