The Incentive Effects of Malpractice Liability Rules on Dental Practice Behavior

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 706-719

  Conrad, Douglas A ^a   Milgrom, Peter ^a   Whitney, Coralyn ^a   O'Hara, David ^b   Fiset, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentists; Economics; Insurance liability; Liability legal; Malpractice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL EDUCATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INSURANCE, LIABILITY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0032068779     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199805000-00010     Document Type: Article

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