Chapter 26 Liability for medical malpractice

Handbook of Health Economics

Volumn 1, Issue PART B, 2000, Pages 1339-1404

  Danzon, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

accidents; administrative costs; adverse events; awards; California malpractice study; caps on awards; Caveat Emptor; claim frequency; claim severity; collateral source offset; compensation; contingent fees; contractual approach; custom; defensive medicine; denial of coverage; deterrence; disposition of claims; economic theory of tort liability; efficient level of care; Employer Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); English rule of fee shifting; enterprise liability; experience rating of liability insurance; fee for service; Harvard study; health care costs; imperfect information; injuries (iatrogenic); insurance; insurance crisis; learned hand standard; litigation costs; malpractice premiums; managed care; moral hazard; mutual; negligence rule; New York malpractice study; New Zealand accident compensation; no fault; overhead costs; pain and suffering (non monetary loss); periodic payment of awards; physician owned; physician response to liability; policy issues; positive analysis; practice guidelines; prevention of injuries; regulation; scheduled awards; settlement out of court; sociolegal risk; standard of care; statute of limitations; strict liability; subrogation; Swedish patient compensation insurance; tort reform; uncertain standards; verdict; workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956726226     PISSN: 15740064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0064(00)80039-6     Document Type: Review

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