The impact of tort reform on intensity of treatment: Evidence from heart patients

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 273-288

  Avraham, Ronen ^a   Schanzenbach, Max ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensive medicine; Health insurance; Induced demand; Offensive medicine; Tort reform; Treatment intensity

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; TORT REFORM; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; LEGAL LIABILITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920890050     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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