This study assessed the impact of hospitalist care on hospital malpractice premiums. The
retrospective cohort study used hospital financial data from the California Office of Statewide …

Malpractice is a significant concern in the provision of health care and can be an important
performance measure for health care management. Utilizing the resource-based view of the …

METHODS In January 1985 a questionnaire was mailed to all 440 active members of the
Arizona Academy of Family Physicians. Active members are defined as practicing …

In the present paper, I focus on the function of the malpractice system in US health care, the
effect of medical malpractice litigation on the status and attainability of health care, and the …

This paper examines the impact of varying levels of malpractice litigation on area medical
costs. Using a fixed‐effects model and Medicare Part B as the dependent variable, the …

Using nationally representative data from the United States, this paper analyzed the effect of
a state's medical malpractice environment on referral visits received by specialist physicians …

This study used logistic regression to examine those organizations using the hospitalist
model for inpatient care. The study found that organizations using the hospitalist model are …

Physicians serve as the nexus of treatment decision-making in hospitalized patients;
however, little empirical evidence describes the influence of individual physicians on …

The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) began operation in September 1990 as a
clearinghouse for adverse action, licensure, and malpractice information in an effort to …

Objective: To use disaggregated data about metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and
clinical conditions to better describe the variation in cost increases and explore some of the …