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The Growth Of Physician Medical Malpractice Payments: Evidence From The National Practitioner Data Bank: The growth of malpractice payments is less than previously thought.
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We used data from the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) to study the growth of physician malpractice payments. Judgments at trial account for 4 percent of all malpractice payments; settlements account for the remaining 96 percent. The average payment grew 52 percent between 1991 and 2003 (4 percent per year) and now exceeds dollar 12 per capita each year. These increases are consistent with increases in the cost of health care. A preoccupation with data on judgments, extreme awards, or specific specialties results in an incomplete understanding of the growth of physician malpractice payments.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Chandra, A., Nundy, S., & Seabury, S. A.
- Affiliations
- Dartmouth College (US)
- ORCID
- Nundy, Shantanu
- Venue
- Health Affairs
- Publisher
- Health Affairs Publishing, LLC
- Published
- 2005-01
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- Suppl1
- Pages
- W5-240-W5-249
- ISSN
- 0278-2715 (ISSN-L)
- 1544-5208
- OpenAlex
- W2108391471
- Cited by
- 134
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 24.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Health Affairs (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (P01 AG19783-02, P01AG019783)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Law › Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Healthcare Policy and Management
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
- Keywords
- medical malpractice, malpractice settlements, National Practitioner Data Bank, health care costs, payment trends, tort liability
- MeSH terms
- Costs and Cost Analysis, Humans, Malpractice, Physicians, United States, National Practitioner Data Bank
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