Does litigation increase or decrease health care quality?: A national study of negligence claims against nursing homes

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 430-436

  Stevenson, David G ^a   Spittal, Matthew J ^b   Studdert, David M ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

litigation; malpractice; nursing homes; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; DECUBITUS; EFFECT SIZE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW SUIT; NEGLIGENCE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876293306     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182881ccc     Document Type: Article

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