Malpractice litigation and medical costs in Mississippi

Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 841-859

  Roberts, Brandon ^a   Hoch, Irving ^b  

^a Premier Insights Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Litigation and medical costs; Medical malpractice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; HEALTH CARE COST; INCIDENCE; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALPRACTICE; MEDICARE; MISSISSIPPI; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC;

EID: 34547669232     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1195     Document Type: Article

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