Erschienen in:
01.05.2010 | Editorial
Defensive Medicine and Tort Reform: A Wide View
verfasst von:
David M. Studdert, LLB, ScD, MPH, Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD, M.Phil, Troyen A. Brennan, MD, JD, MPH
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 5/2010
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Excerpt
Hermer and Brody’s
1 analysis of the relationship between defensive medicine and tort reform in this issue of the
Journal of General Internal Medicine deftly tackles a number of the major issues in this vexatious policy area. The authors’ main conclusion is that tort reform is a necessary but not sufficient measure to bend the health care cost curve. Although defensive medicine costs are small as a proportion of aggregate national health expenditures, without reforms to address the liability fear that drives defensive practices, it will be difficult to move physicians toward cost-effective health care delivery. We agree. In this editorial, we offer some further thoughts on the points raised by Hermer and Brody. …