Malpractice Allegations Alter Practice Patterns of Emergency Department Doctors

Malpractice Allegations Alter Practice Patterns of Emergency Department Doctors

QUERY: When physicians are accused of malpractice, how does this experience affect their practice of medicine?

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Researchers Caitlin Carroll, David M. Cutler and Anupam Jena use administrative data on all emergency medicine physicians in Florida to answer this question in How Do Physicians Respond to Malpractice Allegations? Evidence from Florida Emergency Departments (NBER Working Paper 28330).

WHITE PAPER: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w28330/w28330.pdf

ASSESSMENT: Your thoughts and comments are appreciated.

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2 Responses

  1. These physicians should be held accountable!!!! Hospital acquired infections can be completely avoided with proper care and not under the standard which the patient was completely aware of…….

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