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SUBMITTER: Moghtaderi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6910213 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Moghtaderi Ali A Farmer Steven S Black Bernard B
Journal of empirical legal studies 20190107 1
Physicians often claim that they practice "defensive medicine," including ordering extra imaging and laboratory tests, due to fear of malpractice liability. Caps on noneconomic damages are the principal proposed remedy. Do these caps in fact reduce testing, overall health-care spending, or both? We study the effects of "third-wave" damage caps, adopted in the 2000s, on specific areas that are expected to be sensitive to med mal risk: imaging rates, cardiac interventions, and lab and radiology sp ...[more]