As part of the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Review on Liability and Compensation Issues in
Health Care, in 1988 we surveyed Canadian general practitioners and family physicians to …

OBJECTIVE: To survey medical practitioners' experience with and attitudes toward litigation
alleging medical malpractice. DESIGN: A survey using a questionnaire. SETTING: The …

Exhibit 1 shows the average annual incidence of professional liability claims before and
after 1978. Average annual incidence is measured by the annual rate of claims per 100 …

This study uses a large malpractice database from Florida to assess the concentration of
losses among physicians, predictability of claims experience, characteristics of physicians …

IN this paper we describe the legal system for dealing with malpractice claims in Canada,
contrasting it with that in the United States and suggesting reasons for the dramatically …

The problem of professional liability claims and impact on the medical care market has
become increasingly important in recent years. Professional liability insurance premiums …

The medical malpractice crisis is gaining increasing attention in the United States today.
Before the early 1970s, physicians in primary care specialties considered themselves safe …

Many physicians have heard the current liability buzzwords: false claims; self-referral;
unbundling; fraud and abuse. Few understand that these can apply to their own actions, that …

Background and Methods. By matching the medical records of a random sample of 31,429
patients hospitalized in New York State in 1984 with statewide data on medical-malpractice …

Objectives: To explore the perceived impact of medicolegal concerns on how Australian
doctors practise medicine and to compare doctors who have experienced a medicolegal …