Physicians and the risk of medical malpractice: The role of prior litigation in predicting the future

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-289

  Jensen, Gail A ^a   Spurr, Stephen J ^a   Weycker, Derek A ^b   Bulycheva, Maria ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Med Aff Health Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical malpractice; Physicians; Prior litigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002961981     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9769(99)00015-0     Document Type: Article

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