Medical malpractice: an overview of federal and state policy options.
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SOURCE: Danzon, Medical Malpractice: Theory, Evidence, and Public Policy (1985); Harvard Medical Practice Study Group, Patients, Doctors and Lawyers: Medical Injury, Malpractice Litigation, and Patient Compensation in New York (1990); Studdart et al, "Beyond Dead Reckoning: Measures of Medical Injury Burden, Malpractice Litigation, and Alternative Compensation Models from Utah and Colorado," 33 Ind. L. Rev. 1643 (2000). MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: AN OVERVIEW OF FEDERAL AND STATE POLICY OPTIONS
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Issue Brief (Public Policy Institute (American Association of Retired Persons))
دوره IB75 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2005