Medical school attended as a predictor of medical malpractice claims

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 330-336

  Waters, T M ^a   Lefevre, F V ^b   Budetti, P P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LAW; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142147177     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.12.5.330     Document Type: Article

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