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- Title
The growth of physician medical malpractice payments: evidence from the National Practitioner Data Bank.
- Authors
Chandra, Amitabh; Nundy, Shantanu; Seabury, Seth A
- Abstract
We used data from the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) to study the growth of physician malpractice payments. Judgments at trial account for 4 percent of all malpractice payments; settlements account for the remaining 96 percent. The average payment grew 52 percent between 1991 and 2003 (4 percent per year) and now exceeds dollar 12 per capita each year. These increases are consistent with increases in the cost of health care. A preoccupation with data on judgments, extreme awards, or specific specialties results in an incomplete understanding of the growth of physician malpractice payments.
- Publication
Health affairs (Project Hope), 2005, Vol Suppl Web Exclusives, pW5
- ISSN
0278-2715
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1377/hlthaff.w5.240