Objective To evaluate the impact of tort reform on defensive medicine, quality of care, and
physician supply. Data Sources Empirical, peer‐reviewed English‐language studies in the …

The increased use of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) represents an
important option for increasing access to healthcare. I explore the effect of two types of laws …

Medical labour markets are important because of their size and the importance of medical
labour in the production of healthcare and in subsequent patient outcomes. We present a …

This article evaluates the effects of medical malpractice reform on claiming, malpractice
premiums, physician supply, and defensive medicine. We conclude that damage caps …

This article presents a model of physician and insurer behavior in which the practice of
defensive medicine, both positive and negative, can arise. Accounting for negative …

Patients can hold physicians directly or vicariously liable for the malpractice of nurse
practitioners under their supervision. Restrictive scope-of-practice laws governing nurse …

Nine states adopted caps on non-economic damages during the third medical malpractice
reform wave from 2002–05, joining twenty-two other states with caps on non-economic or …

Few people regularly make life or death decisions. Healthcare providers, however, routinely
face such decisions. And within the healthcare community, those specializing in organ …

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 …

Concerns with medical malpractice liability costs have been a principal factor leading states
to adopt a series of tort liability reforms. Following the enactment of medical malpractice …