Medical Malpractice : : Theory, Evidence, and Public Policy / / Patricia M. Danzon.
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 i...
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Danzon, Patricia M., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Medical Malpractice : Theory, Evidence, and Public Policy / Patricia M. Danzon. Reprint 2013 Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013] ©1985 1 online resource (264 p.) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Aansprakelijkheid. Artsen. Ärztlicher Kunstfehler. Fouten. Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen. Ärztlicher Kunstfehler. MEDICAL / General. Malpractice insurance -- United States. Medical personnel -- Malpractice -- Economic aspects -- United States. Physicians -- Malpractice -- Economic aspects -- United States. LAW / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package 9783110353488 ZDB-23-HCO Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Law & Political Science eBook Package 9783110353495 ZDB-23-HLP Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 9783110442212 print 9780674331136 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674331143 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674331143 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674331143.jpg |
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