Does Defensive Medicine Reduce Health Care Spending?
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Does Defensive Medicine Reduce Health Care Spending?
The medical community often argues that physician fear of legal liability increases health care spending. Theoretically, though, the effect could be positive or negative, and empirical evidence has supported both cases. Previous empirical work, however, has ignored the fact that physicians face risk from industry oversight groups like statelevel medical licensing boards in addition to civil lit...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2627439