Malpractice risk according to physician specialty

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 629-636

  Jena, Anupam B ^a   Seabury, Seth ^b   Lakdawalla, Darius ^c   Chandra, Amitabh ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 84860389821     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1012370     Document Type: Article

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