Does defensive medicine protect doctors against malpractice claims?

BMJ. 2015 Nov 4:351:h5786. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h5786.

Authors

Tara F Bishop¹, Michael Pesko²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Health Policy and Economics, Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY tlfernan@med.cornell.edu.
² Division of Health Policy and Economics, Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.

PMID: 26537736
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h5786

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Hospital Costs / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Insurance, Liability / statistics & numerical data*
Malpractice / statistics & numerical data*

Grants and funding

K23 AG043499/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States