State tort reforms and hospital malpractice costs

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-133

  Ellington, Charles R ^a   Dodoo, Martey ^b   Phillips, Robert ^c   Szabat, Ronald ^d   Green, Larry ^e   Bullock, Kim ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, HOSPITAL; LIABILITY, LEGAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALPRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952858399     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2010.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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