Author: Brian Chen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Policy makers and academics have long debated the existence and extent of defensive medicine in the face of medical malpractice liability pressure. In this paper, I investigate how physicians' test-ordering behavior and propensity to perform cesarean sections were affected first by a series of court rulings in Taiwan that increased physicians' liability risks, and then by a subsequent amendment to the law that reversed the courts' rulings. I find that physicians faced with higher malpractice pressure increased laboratory tests as expected but unexpectedly reduced cesarean sections. The reduction in cesarean deliveries may be due to the fact that liability risks were more closely aligned with physicians' standard of care after the court rulings. After the law was amended to negate the court decisions, physicians reversed their previous behavior, reducing laboratory tests and increasing cesarean deliveries. This pattern of behavior strongly suggests that physicians in Taiwan practice defensive medicine.
Strict Liability for Medical Injuries? The Impact of Increasing Malpractice Liability on Obstetrician Behavior
Author: Brian Chen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Policy makers and academics have long debated the existence and extent of defensive medicine in the face of medical malpractice liability pressure. In this paper, I investigate how physicians' test-ordering behavior and propensity to perform cesarean sections were affected first by a series of court rulings in Taiwan that increased physicians' liability risks, and then by a subsequent amendment to the law that reversed the courts' rulings. I find that physicians faced with higher malpractice pressure increased laboratory tests as expected but unexpectedly reduced cesarean sections. The reduction in cesarean deliveries may be due to the fact that liability risks were more closely aligned with physicians' standard of care after the court rulings. After the law was amended to negate the court decisions, physicians reversed their previous behavior, reducing laboratory tests and increasing cesarean deliveries. This pattern of behavior strongly suggests that physicians in Taiwan practice defensive medicine.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Policy makers and academics have long debated the existence and extent of defensive medicine in the face of medical malpractice liability pressure. In this paper, I investigate how physicians' test-ordering behavior and propensity to perform cesarean sections were affected first by a series of court rulings in Taiwan that increased physicians' liability risks, and then by a subsequent amendment to the law that reversed the courts' rulings. I find that physicians faced with higher malpractice pressure increased laboratory tests as expected but unexpectedly reduced cesarean sections. The reduction in cesarean deliveries may be due to the fact that liability risks were more closely aligned with physicians' standard of care after the court rulings. After the law was amended to negate the court decisions, physicians reversed their previous behavior, reducing laboratory tests and increasing cesarean deliveries. This pattern of behavior strongly suggests that physicians in Taiwan practice defensive medicine.
The economic effects of the liability system
Author:
Publisher: Hoover Press
ISBN: 9780817959630
Category : Insurance, Liability
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher: Hoover Press
ISBN: 9780817959630
Category : Insurance, Liability
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care
Author: Committee to Study Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309543002
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This is the first part of an in-depth study focusing on medical liability and its effect on access to and delivery of obstetrical care. The book addresses such questions as: Do liability concerns impede the use of new technologies? Have liability issues affected the physician-patient relationship? Are community health and maternity centers being harmed? What specific remedies are being considered and what are their prospects for success?
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309543002
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This is the first part of an in-depth study focusing on medical liability and its effect on access to and delivery of obstetrical care. The book addresses such questions as: Do liability concerns impede the use of new technologies? Have liability issues affected the physician-patient relationship? Are community health and maternity centers being harmed? What specific remedies are being considered and what are their prospects for success?
Malpractice and Medical Liability
Author: Santo Davide Ferrara
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642358314
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Medical responsibility lawsuits have become a fact of life in every physician’s medical practice. However, there is evidence that physicians are increasingly practising defensive medicine, ordering more tests than may be necessary and avoiding patients with complicated conditions. The modern practice of medicine is increasingly complicated by factors beyond the traditional realm of patient care, including novel technologies, loss of physician autonomy, and economic pressures. A continuing and significant issue affecting physicians and the healthcare system is malpractice. In the latter half of the 20th century, there was a major change in the attitude of the public towards the medical profession. People were made aware of the huge advances in medical technology, because health problems increasingly tended to attract media interest and wide publicity. Medicine is a victim of its own success in this respect, and people are now led to expect the latest techniques and perfect outcomes on all occasions. This burst of technology and hyper-specialization in many fields of medicine means that each malpractice claim is transformed into a scientific challenge, requiring specific preparation in analysis and judgment of the clinical case in question. The role of legal medicine becomes more and more peculiar in this judicial setting, often giving rise to erroneous interpretations and hasty scientific verdicts, but guidelines on the methodology of ascertainments and criteria of evaluation are lacking all over the world.The aim of this volume is to clarify the steps required for sequential in-depth analysis of events and consequences of medical actions, in order to verify whether, in the presence of damage, errors or non-observance of rules of conduct by health personnel exist, and which causal values and links of their hypothetical misconduct are involved.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642358314
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Medical responsibility lawsuits have become a fact of life in every physician’s medical practice. However, there is evidence that physicians are increasingly practising defensive medicine, ordering more tests than may be necessary and avoiding patients with complicated conditions. The modern practice of medicine is increasingly complicated by factors beyond the traditional realm of patient care, including novel technologies, loss of physician autonomy, and economic pressures. A continuing and significant issue affecting physicians and the healthcare system is malpractice. In the latter half of the 20th century, there was a major change in the attitude of the public towards the medical profession. People were made aware of the huge advances in medical technology, because health problems increasingly tended to attract media interest and wide publicity. Medicine is a victim of its own success in this respect, and people are now led to expect the latest techniques and perfect outcomes on all occasions. This burst of technology and hyper-specialization in many fields of medicine means that each malpractice claim is transformed into a scientific challenge, requiring specific preparation in analysis and judgment of the clinical case in question. The role of legal medicine becomes more and more peculiar in this judicial setting, often giving rise to erroneous interpretations and hasty scientific verdicts, but guidelines on the methodology of ascertainments and criteria of evaluation are lacking all over the world.The aim of this volume is to clarify the steps required for sequential in-depth analysis of events and consequences of medical actions, in order to verify whether, in the presence of damage, errors or non-observance of rules of conduct by health personnel exist, and which causal values and links of their hypothetical misconduct are involved.
Report of a Conference on Liability for Medical Injuries
Medical Malpractice Solutions
Author: M. Martin Halley
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Medical Liability and Treatment Relationships
Author: Mark A. Hall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The authors blend material from Part I of their survey book with additional information specific to these topics: - the text covers the full range of issues arising in the treatment relationship, from formation to termination, plus professional licensure and regulating access to drugs - a detailed chapter on medical malpractice incorporates new material: - Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Forensic Medicine and Epidemiological Evidence Discovery and Evidentiary Rules in Malpractice Cases; The Supreme Court's latest decision in Aetna Health Inc v. Davilla Medical Liability and Treatment Relationships shares the strengths that make the authors' survey text so popular: - the text integrates legal practice, public policy, and doctrinal issues and features clear notes - a thorough Teacher's Manual created specifically for this book - the website www.health-law.org provides background materials, updates of important events, additional relevant topics, and links to other resources
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The authors blend material from Part I of their survey book with additional information specific to these topics: - the text covers the full range of issues arising in the treatment relationship, from formation to termination, plus professional licensure and regulating access to drugs - a detailed chapter on medical malpractice incorporates new material: - Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Forensic Medicine and Epidemiological Evidence Discovery and Evidentiary Rules in Malpractice Cases; The Supreme Court's latest decision in Aetna Health Inc v. Davilla Medical Liability and Treatment Relationships shares the strengths that make the authors' survey text so popular: - the text integrates legal practice, public policy, and doctrinal issues and features clear notes - a thorough Teacher's Manual created specifically for this book - the website www.health-law.org provides background materials, updates of important events, additional relevant topics, and links to other resources
Defensive Medicine and Medical Malpractice
Prenatal Care
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309038928
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Prenatal care programs have proven effective in improving birth outcomes and preventing low birthweight. Yet over one-fourth of all pregnant women in the United States do not begin prenatal care in the first 3 months of pregnancy, and for some groupsâ€"such as black teenagersâ€"participation in prenatal care is declining. To find out why, the authors studied 30 prenatal care programs and analyzed surveys of mothers who did not seek prenatal care. This new book reports their findings and offers specific recommendations for improving the nation's maternity system and increasing the use of prenatal care programs.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309038928
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Prenatal care programs have proven effective in improving birth outcomes and preventing low birthweight. Yet over one-fourth of all pregnant women in the United States do not begin prenatal care in the first 3 months of pregnancy, and for some groupsâ€"such as black teenagersâ€"participation in prenatal care is declining. To find out why, the authors studied 30 prenatal care programs and analyzed surveys of mothers who did not seek prenatal care. This new book reports their findings and offers specific recommendations for improving the nation's maternity system and increasing the use of prenatal care programs.
The Medical Malpractice Myth
Author: Tom Baker
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459615654
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
n January 2005, President Bush declared the medical malpractice liability system out of control.The president's speech was merely an echo of what doctors and politicians (mostly Republicans) have been saying for years - that medical malpractice premiums are skyrocketing due to an explosion in malpractice litigation. Along comes Baker, direct...
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459615654
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
n January 2005, President Bush declared the medical malpractice liability system out of control.The president's speech was merely an echo of what doctors and politicians (mostly Republicans) have been saying for years - that medical malpractice premiums are skyrocketing due to an explosion in malpractice litigation. Along comes Baker, direct...