. . MEDICAL: MALPRACTICE : LAW: CASE: DECISIONS: Study: Only 1 in 5 Malpractice Cases See Payout . . Study: Only 1 in 5 Malpractice Cases See Payout By MIKE STOBBE The Associated Press First published Aug 17 2011 07:52PM Updated 7 hours ago Salt Lake City Tribunehttp://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/ 52406766-68/doctors-malpractice-claims-case.html.csp
. A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/3cmbl9f . .Atlanta Only 1 in 5 malpractice claims against doctors leads to a settlement or other payout, according to the most comprehensive study of these claims in two decades.
.But while doctors and their insurers may be winning most of these challenges, thats still a lot of fighting. Each year about 1 in 14 doctors gets sued, and most physicians and virtually every surgeon will face at least one malpractice lawsuit in their careers, the study found.
.That represents a significant emotional cost for doctors, said study co-author Amitabh Chandra, an economist and professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government
."They hate having their name dragged through the local newspaper and having to go to court," he said.
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