Medical malpractice tort limits and health care spending.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Congressional Budget Office.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Malpractice--United States.

Malpractice.

United States.

Liability insurance--United States.

Liability insurance.

Medicare--Statistics.

Medicare.

Genre:

Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 72 pages :) : illustrations, digital, PDF file

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : U.S. Congress, Congressional Budget Office, [2006]

System Details:

text file

PDF

Contents:

Summary and introduction

Background

The effects of the malpractice environment on health care utilization and spending: existing evidence

CBO's empirical analysis

Results

Specification tests

Discussion

Appendix A: Adjusting health care spending per capita for demographics

Appendix B: Detailed regression results

Appendix C: Regression results, including leads of tort limits

Appendix D: Regression results, including controls for Medicare's prospective payment system for hospitals

Tables

Figures

Box.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection. Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. [Bethesda, Md.] : ProQuest, 2004. digital, PDF file. ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection. Mode of access: World Wide Web via ProQuest website.

Other Format:

Print version: United States. Congressional Budget Office. Medical malpractice tort limits and health care spending

Microfiche version: United States. Congressional Budget Office. Medical malpractice tort limits and health care spending. CIS 2006 J932-50

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