Tort law and medical malpractice insurance premiums

Inquiry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-270

  Kilgore, Meredith L ^a   Morrisey, Michael A ^a   Nelson, Leonard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INSURANCE; LAW; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SURGEON;

EID: 33845792068     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_43.3.255     Document Type: Article

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