Waxman and others, ‘The Effect of Malpractice Reform on Emergency Department Care’

Conclusions:
Legislation that substantially changed the malpractice standard for emergency physicians in three states had little effect on the intensity of practice, as measured by imaging rates, average charges, or hospital admission rates.

Daniel A Waxman, Michael D Greenberg, M Susan Ridgely, Arthur L Kellermann and Paul Heaton, The Effect of Malpractice Reform on Emergency Department Care. New England Journal of Medicine 2014; 371:1518-1525.

First posted 2014-10-16 06:18:34

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