Medical school attended as a predictor of medical malpractice claims

Medical school attended as a predictor of medical malpractice claims.

OBJECTIVES Following earlier research which showed that certain types of physicians are more likely to be sued for malpractice, this study explored (1). whether graduates of certain medical schools have consistently higher rates of lawsuits against them, (2). if the rates of lawsuits against physicians are associated with their school of graduation, and (3). whether the characteristics of the m...

Medical malpractice as a basis for a false claims action?

University. 1. United States ex rel. Springfield Terminal Ry. Co. v. Quinn, 14 F.3d 645, 649 (D.C. Cir. 1994). 2. Neil Getnick & Lesley Skillen, The Civil False Claims Act, Enlisting Citizens in Fighting Fraud Against the Government, Report of the Civil Prosecution Committee of the New York State Bar Association Commercial and Federal Litigation Section (May 1996), available in <http://www.nysb...

A Random-Effects Probit Model for Predicting Medical Malpractice Claims

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Empirical comparisons of malpractice claims of different medical specialties

Background: Variables affecting malpractice rates are important to the medical profession. Empirical data on trends in malpractice payments and settlements from anesthesiologists, surgeons, pediatricians and psychiatrists over an eight-year period are publicly available for analysis. Methods: A literature search of PubMed and Index Medicus was conducted for the years from 1985 to 2013 using the...