The cost of defensive medicine on 3 hospital medicine services

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1867-1868

  Rothberg, Michael B ^a   Class, Joshua ^b   Bishop, Tara F ^c   Friderici, Jennifer ^d   Kleppel, Reva ^d   Lindenauer, Peter K ^d  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DAY HOSPITAL; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MEDICINE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84925284856     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.4649     Document Type: Article

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