THE EFFECTS OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE REFORMS

本申请拟研究医疗事故责任的效力 医疗保健实践、成本和结果的改革。 研究 专注于“防御性”医学的实践，其定义为： 向病人提供的服务很少或没有医疗价值， 价值，但可能有助于避免潜在的医疗事故诉讼。 该研究调查了三个具体问题：1） 不同类型的医疗事故改革对“医疗事故压力” 面对医疗保健提供者和2）侵权改革的影响， 医疗事故对健康问题医疗模式的压力 更常见地涉及医疗事故诉讼和30的影响 医疗保健方面与医疗不当有关的治疗模式差异 成本和健康结果。

This application proposes to study the effect of malpractice liability reforms on health care practices, costs and outcomes. The research focuses on the practice of "defensive" medicine, which is defined as the delivery of services to the patient which are of little or no medical value, but may be instrumental in avoiding potential malpractice suits. The research investigates three specific questions: 1) the effect of different kings of malpractice reforms on the "malpractice pressures" facing health care providers and 2) the effect of tort reforms and malpractice pressure on medical treatment patterns for health problems more commonly involved in malpractice litigation and 30 the effect of malpractice-related differences in treatment patterns on health care costs and health outcomes.