[net-gold] HEALTH CARE: COSTS : HEALTH CARE: REFORM : MEDICAL: MALPRACTICE: How Much Do Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Contribute to Health Care Costs?
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HEALTH CARE: COSTS :
HEALTH CARE: REFORM :
MEDICAL: MALPRACTICE:
How Much Do Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Contribute to Health Care Costs?
How Much Do Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Contribute to Health Care Costs?
Posted by Mike Ferrara
September 19, 2010 1:43 PM
The Injury Board
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http://cherryhill.injuryboard.com/medical-malpractice/
how-much-do-medical-malpractice-lawsuits-contribute-to-
health-care-costs.aspx?googleid=284560
A shorter URL for the above link:
http://tinyurl.com/2djoquc
A lot of opponents to health care reform like to blame the skyrocketing
cost of health care on medical malpractice lawsuits. Their reasoning is
that if we just limit medical liability and patient access to legal action
after theyve been harmed by medical negligence, our nations health care
costs will go way down.
The facts, however, tell a completely different story. A new study
published in the journal Health Affairs found that medical liability is
responsible for only 2.4 percent of the countrys annual health care
spending.
According to the American Association for Justice (AAJ), what this means
is that limiting the rights of injured patients will do practically
nothing to lower health care costs.
The complete article may be read at the URL above.
National Costs Of The Medical Liability System
Michelle M. Mello1, Amitabh Chandra, Atul A. Gawande
and David M. Studdert
Health Affairs, 29, no. 9 (2010): 1569-1577
doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0807
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/29/9/1569
This article identifies the various components of liability system costs,
generates national estimates for each component, and discusses the level
of evidence available to support the estimates. [This article is fee
based.]
Trial lawyers tout new report on cost of medical malpractice
By Mike Lillis
09/07/10 04:09 PM ET
The Hill
Health Watch
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/
117479-trial-lawyers-tout-new-report-on-cost-of-medical-malpractice
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http://tinyurl.com/2djoquc
The nation's trial lawyers are trumpeting a new study indicating medical
liability consumes 2.4 percent of the nation's healthcare spending each
year.
The report, according to the American Association for Justice (AAJ),
"shows that limiting the rights of injured patients will do practically
nothing to lower health care costs."
"Instead, our focus should be on preventing the 98,000 deaths that occur
every year because of preventable medical errors," the lobbyist group said
Tuesday in an e-mail.
The new study published Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs found the
annual cost related to medical liability is $55.6 billion. Most of that
spending ($45.6 billion) is related to defensive medicine the tests,
drugs and other procedures that doctors prescribe in order to limit the
risk of being sued for malpractice.
The complete articles may be read at the URLs provided for each.
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