Bernard S. Black, David A. Hyman, Myungho S. Paik

Medical Malpractice Litigation: How It Works, Why Tort Reform Hasn't Helped

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Everything you ever wanted to know about how the medical malpractice litigation system actually works. The authors, all experts in the field and from across the political spectrum, provide an accessible, fact-based response to the questions ordinary Americans and policymakers have about the performance of the medical malpractice litigation system.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cato Institute
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781948647793
• ISBN-10: 1948647796
• Artikelnr.: 58037800

Autorenporträt

By Bernard S. Black; David A. Hyman; Myungho S. Paik; William M. Sage and Charles Silver

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Overview of Our Findings - And Why This Book Matters
Chapter 2. Our Data Sources and Limitations
Part I: Misdiagnosing the Problem: Texas' Med Mal Liability System in
Action
Chapter 3: The Texas Med Mal Insurance Crisis: Smoke Without Much Fire
Chapter 4: Haircuts: Jury Verdicts and Post-Verdict Payouts
Chapter 5: Impact of Policy Limits in Cases Against Physicians
Chapter 6. Defense Costs
Part II: Mistreating the Problem: The Impact of Tort Reform in Texas
Chapter 7. The Impact of Capping Damages
Chapter 8. Med Mal Claiming by the Elderly
Chapter 9. Defensive Medicine? Impact on Health Care Spending
Chapter 10. Impact on Physician Supply in Texas
Part III: Mistreating the Problem: A National Perspective On The Impact of
Tort Reform
Chapter 11: The Receding Tide of Med Mal Litigation
Chapter 12: Defensive Medicine in the New-Cap States
Chapter 13: Does Tort Reform Attract Physicians to the New-Cap States?
Part IV: If Damage Caps Aren't the Answer, What Is?
Chapter 14. Synthesis: Lessons and Pathologies
Chapter 15. Reform Strategies: Toward A Better Med Mal System
Chapter 16. Conclusions