Liability for Medical Malpractice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14855673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia M Danzon (0000-0002-7236-5194, Professor of Health Care Systems and Insurance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 51-69 |
| Publication date | 1991-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0895-3309 • E-ISSN: 1944-7965 |
| Publisher | American Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1257/jep.5.3.51 |
| OpenAlex | W1991183847 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 10 |
Physicians and other medical providers are subject to a negligence rule of liability. In a simple model, with perfect information and homogeneous physicians, a negligence rule of liability with an appropriately defined due care standard should induce complete compliance: there should be no malpractice, no malpractice claims, and no demand for malpractice insurance. The malpractice experience is seriously at odds with this prediction. First, what goes wrong? Second, if the system does indeed operate imperfectly, does it yield benefits in terms of injuries deterred that outweigh the high overhead costs of operating a liability system
Actuarial science · Business · Economics · Insurance policy · Law and economics · Liability · Liability insurance · Malpractice · Medical malpractice · Odds · Political science · Healthcare Policy and Management · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Legal principles and applications · Medicine · Finance
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2025 (28) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |