Effects of the Threat of Medical Malpractice Litigation and Other Factors on Birth Outcomes

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ID9102493
AutoresFrank A Sloan (0000-0002-9902-1009, Duke University, autor correspondente), Kathryn Whetten-Goldstein, Kathryn Whetten‐goldstein (Duke University, autor correspondente), PENNY B GITHENS (Vanderbilt Health), STEPHEN S ENTMAN (Vanderbilt University)
Ano1995
Volume33
Fascículo7
Páginas700-714
Data de publicação1995-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
EditoraOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00005650-199507000-00006
PMID7596209
OpenAlexW2045218194
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas6

Most major health reform proposals include reform of medical malpractice. A major objective of the current medical malpractice system is to improve quality of care. The authors examine the effect of variations in the threat of medical malpractice, measured by claims frequency and payments per exposure year, on various indicators of birth outcomes, fetal deaths, low Apgar score, death within 5 days of birth, infant death, and death or permanent impairment at 5 years of age. Data came from 2 sources: a Survey of Obstetrical Care of 963 women in Florida in 1992 who delivered 5 years previously; and a fetal death and a linked birth-death file obtained from Florida Vital Statistics for 1987. Among the outcomes considered, only fetal deaths decreased in response to an increased threat of being sued, and this relationship was only obtained from one of the data sets. Overall, no systematic improvement in birth outcomes in response to an increased threat of medical malpractice litigation was obtained

Family medicine · Health care · Malpractice · Medical emergency · Medical malpractice · Emergency Medicine · Healthcare cost, quality, practices · Healthcare Policy and Management · Law · Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues · Medicine