کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
961409 929849 2013 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The impact of medical errors on physician behavior: Evidence from malpractice litigation
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
The impact of medical errors on physician behavior: Evidence from malpractice litigation
چکیده انگلیسی
How do medical errors affect physician behavior? Despite the importance of this question empirical evidence about it remains limited. This paper studies the impact of obstetricians' medical errors that resulted in malpractice litigation on their subsequent choice of whether to perform a C-section, a common procedure that is thought to be sensitive to physician incentives. The main result is that C-section rates jumped discontinuously by 4% after a medical error, establishing an association between medical errors and treatment patterns. C-section rates continued to increase afterwards, bringing the cumulative increase 2.5 years after a medical error to 8%.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Health Economics - Volume 32, Issue 2, March 2013, Pages 331-340
نویسندگان
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