Are malpractice insurance premiums a tort signal that influence physician hours worked?

Economics Letters

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 403-407

  Thornton, James ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensive medicine; I10; Income effects; J22; Physician labor supply; Tort signal effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031285266     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(97)00103-1     Document Type: Article

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