Compensation for birth-related injury: No-fault programs compared with tort system

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-48

  Whetten Goldstein, Kathryn ^a,b,e   Kulas, Elizabeth ^a,c   Sloan, Frank ^a,c   Hickson, Gerald ^d   Entman, Stephen ^d  

^a Box 90253   (United States)

^b Sanford Institute of Public Policy   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Hlth Econ Res Ctr Hlth Econ R   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LEGAL LIABILITY; PATIENT RIGHT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIRTH INJURIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032909697     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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