The Effect of Malpractice Reform on Emergency Department Care | Zendy

Daniel A. Waxman | Zendy; Michael D. Greenberg | Zendy; M. Susan Ridgely | Zendy; Arthur L. Kellermann | Zendy; Paul Heaton | Zendy

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The Effect of Malpractice Reform on Emergency Department Care

Author(s) -

Daniel A. Waxman,

Michael D. Greenberg,

M. Susan Ridgely,

Arthur L. Kellermann,

Paul Heaton

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmsa1313308

Subject(s) - malpractice , legislation , medicine , emergency department , standard of care , medical emergency , order (exchange) , defensive medicine , patient care , law , medical malpractice , nursing , business , political science , finance , surgery

Many believe that fear of malpractice lawsuits drives physicians to order otherwise unnecessary care and that legal reforms could reduce such wasteful spending. Emergency physicians practice in an information-poor, resource-rich environment that may lend itself to costly defensive practice. Three states, Texas (in 2003), Georgia (in 2005), and South Carolina (in 2005), enacted legislation that changed the malpractice standard for emergency care to gross negligence. We investigated whether these substantial reforms changed practice.

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