studies and reportsCost of Health Care The Factors Fueling Rising Healthcare Costs
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, January 2006
Health Costs Absorb One-Quarter of Economic Growth, 2000-2005
Recent Federal Report Unintentionally Obscures Massive Rise; Physicians' Decisions Key to Controlling Cost
Alan Sager, Ph.D. and Deborah Socolar, M.P.H., Boston University Health Reform Program, February 9, 2005
Insurance Premiums Medical Malpractice Awards, Insurance, and Negligence: Which Are Related?
Alexander Tabarrok and Amanda Agan, Civil Justice Report (Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute), May 2, 2006
The US Medical Liability System: Evidence for Legislative Reform
Janelle Guirguis-Blake, MD, George E. Fryer, PhD, Robert L. Phillips, Jr, MD, MSPH, Ronald Szabat, JD, LLM and Larry A. Green, MD, Annals of Family Medicine, May 2006
Medical Malpractice Insurance: Multiple Factors Have Contributed to Increased Premium Rates
General Accounting Office, June 2003
Did Investments Affect Medical Malpractice Premiums?
Raghu Ramachandran, Brown Brothers Harriman, January 2003
Malpractice Crisis--Overviews Project on Medical Liability in Pennsylvania
The Pew Charitable Trust, 2005
Medical Malpractice - Issue Update
Insurance Information Institute, June 2003
Understanding Pennsylvania's Medical Malpractice Crisis
Facts about Liability Insurance, the Legal System, and Health Care in Pennsylvania
Randall R. Bovbjerg and Anna Bartow, The Pew Charitable Trust, June 2003
Quality and Access to Care We're Not Your Enemy
Susan Sheridan and Martin Hatlie, Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, July 1, 2007
Windows of Opportunity: State-Based Ideas for Improving Medical Injury Compensation and Enhancing Patient Safety
A Common Good Publication
Paul Barringer, November 28, 2006
"Health Courts" and Accountability for Patient Safety
Michelle M. Mello, David M. Studdert, Allen B. Kachalia, and Troyen A. Brennan, The Millbank Quarterly, September 15, 2006
Health Care at the Cross Roads: Strategies for Improving the Medical Liability System and Preventing Patient Injury
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, February 2005
On-Call Specialist Coverage in U.S. Emergency Departments
ACEP Survey of Emergency Department Directors
American College of Emergency Physicians and Johns Hopkins University, September 28, 2004
The State of Health Care Quality: 2004
Industry Trends and Analysis
National Committee for Quality Assurance, September 23, 2004
Medical Liability and the Culture of Technology
Peter D. Jacobson, Pew Project on Medical Liability, August 2004
Caring for Patients in a Malpractice Crisis: Physician Satisfaction and Quality of Care
Michelle M. Mello, David M. Studdert, Catherine M. DesRoches, Jordon Peugh, Kinga Zapert, Troyen A. Brennan, and William M. Sage, Health Affairs, July 2004
Medical Malpractice Liability Crisis Meets Markets: Stress in Unexpected Places
Robert A. Berenson, Sylvia Kuo, Jessica H. May, September 2003
The State of Healthcare Quality: 2003
National Committee for Quality Assurance, September 2003
Medical Malpractice: Implications of Rising Premiums on Access to Health Care
General Accounting Office, August 2003
The Impact of State Laws Limiting Malpractice Awards on the Geographic Distribution of Physicians
Fred J. Hellinger, PhD & William Encinosa, PhD, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, July 2003
Medical Liability Crisis Affects Communities' Access to Care
American Hospital Association, April 28, 2003
Malpractice Liability in West Virginia
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, April 2003
Patient Access Crisis: The Role of Medical Litigation
U.S. Senate, February 11, 2003
Patient Safety, Just Compensation and Medical Liability Reform
Kaiser Permanente Roundtable, January 2003
Harming Patient Access to Care: The Impact of Excessive Litigation
U.S. House of Representatives, July 2002
Fear of Litigation Study: The Impact on Medicine
Common Good and Harris Interactive, March 4, 2002
To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System
Linda T. Kohn, Janet M. Corrigan, and Molla S. Donaldson, Editors, The Institute of Medicine, 2000
Medical Malpractice: External Influences and Controls
Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol 60 (search back issues), January 1997
Reform Proposals Adjudicating Severe Birth Injury Claims in Florida and Virginia: The Experience of a Landmark Experiment in Personal Injury Compensation
Gil Siegal, Michelle Mello and David Studdert, American Journal of Law & Medicine, February 1, 2009
Fiscal Note on New Jersey Senate Bill 285
Office of Legislative Services, State of New Jersey, 213th Legislature, December 10, 2008
Administrative Compensation of Medical Injuries: A Hardy Perennial Blooms Again
Paul Barringer, David Studdert, Allen Kachalia, and Michelle Mello, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, August 1, 2008
Administrative "Health Courts" for Medical Injury Claims: Federal Constitutional Issues
Don Elliott, Sanjay Narayan and Moneen Nasmith, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, August 1, 2008
Medical Malpractice and Liability Limits Study Committee Report
South Carolina Senate Subcommittee on Medical Liability, South Carolina Senate, February 7, 2008
Policy Experimentation with Administrative Compensation for Medical Injury: Issues Under State Constitutional Law
Michelle M. Mello, David M. Studdert, Patricia Moran, Edward A. Dauer, Harvard Journal on Legislation, Winter 2008
Beyond Negligence: Avoidability and Medical Injury Compensation
Allen Kachalia, Michelle Mello, Troyen Brennan, and David Studdert, Social Science & Medicine, Winter 2008
Feasability Study on a South Carolina Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program - Phase 1
Oliver Wyman, South Carolina Senate Subcommittee on Medical Liability, November 5, 2007
Claims, Errors and Compensation Payments in Medical Malpractice Litigation
David M. Studdert, Michelle M. Mellow, Atul A. Gawande, Tejal K. Gandhi, Allen Kachalia, Catherine Yoon, Ann Louise Puopolo, Troyen A. Brennan, New England Journal of Medicine, May 11, 2006
Unintended Consequences of Medical Malpractice Damages Caps
Catherine M. Sharkey, Columbia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 269; NYU Law Review, Vol. 80, May 2005
Medical Error Disclosure, Mediation Skills, and Malpractice Litigation
Carol B. Liebman and Chris Stern Hyman, Project on Medical Liability in Pennsylvania, March 2005
Medical Professional Liability Reform for the 21st Century: A Review of Policy Options
Report of the Advisory Committee on Medical Professional Liability
Joint State Government Commission, General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, March 2005
Health Courts
Fair and Reliable Justice for Injured Patients
Nancy Udell and David B. Kendall, Progressive Policy Institute, February 2005
Addressing the New Healthcare Crisis
Reforming the Medical Litigation System to Improve the Quality of Healthcare
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, May 3, 2003
Liability for Medical Malpractice: Issues and Evidence
The Joint Economic Committee, United States Congress, May 2003
Medical Malpractice in Crisis: Health Policy Options
Council on Health Care and Economics, March 2003
Governor's Select Task Force on Healthcare Professional Liability Insurance Report (Florida)
January 2003
Addressing the Medical Malpractice Insurance Crisis
National Governor's Association, December 5, 2002
The Medical Malpractice Insurance Crisis: Opportunity for State Action
National Academy for State Policy, July 2002
Confronting the New Health Care Crisis: Improving Health Care Quality and Lowering Costs By Fixing Our Medical Liability System
US Department of Health and Human Services Report, June 24, 2002
Liability: Patient-Centered and System-Focused Nonjudicial Compensation
in Fostering Rapid Advances in Health Care: Learning from System Demonstrations
Janet M. Corrigan, Ann Greiner, and Shari M. Erickson, Editors, The Institute of Medicine, 2002
Breaking the Litigation Habit: Economic Incentives for Legal Reform
The Committee for Economic Development, 2000
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