Claims, Errors, and Compensation Payments in Medical Malpractice Litigation
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- 11 May 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 354 (19) , 2024-2033
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsa054479
Abstract
In the current debate over tort reform, critics of the medical malpractice system charge that frivolous litigation — claims that lack evidence of injury, substandard care, or both — is common and costly.Keywords
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