Medical Malpractice : Theory, Evidence, and Public Policy / Patricia M. Danzon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Danzon, Patricia M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aansprakelijkheid.

Artsen.

Ärztlicher Kunstfehler.

Fouten.

Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen.

MEDICAL / General.

Malpractice insurance--United States.

Medical personnel--Malpractice--Economic aspects--United States.

Physicians--Malpractice--Economic aspects--United States.

Local Subjects:

MEDICAL / General.

Malpractice insurance--United States.

Medical personnel--Malpractice--Economic aspects--United States.

Physicians--Malpractice--Economic aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.): Zahlr. Abb.

Edition:

Reprint 2013

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Introduction

I. Framework and Evidence

II. Issues in Medical Malpractice Insurance

III. Reforms and Alternatives

Summary and Conclusions

Abbreviations

References

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-33114-1

OCLC:

1024009447