Browsing Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Works by Subject "Physicians -- Malpractice -- United States"

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    • Development of an Early Identification and Response Model of Malpractice Prevention 
      Clayton, Ellen Wright; Hickson, Gerald B.; Pichert, James W.; Federspiel, Charles F. (Law and Contemporary Problems, 1997)
      The purpose of this article is to describe the development of an early identification and response model of malpractice prevention that is designed to achieve these objectives. The article begins with a rationale for the ...
    • An Empirical Assessment of Early Offer Reform for Medical Malpractice 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; Hersch, Joni, 1956-; O'Connell, Jeffrey (Journal of Legal Studies, 2007)
      The early offer reform proposal for medical malpractice provides an option for claimants to receive prompt payment of all their net economic Losses and reasonable attorney fees. Using a Large sample of closed individual ...
    • Medical Malpractice Insurance in the Wake of Liability Reform 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; Born, Patricia, 1964- (The Journal of Legal Studies, 1995)
      This article examines the effect of the liability reforms on medical malpractice insurance over the 1984-91 period. This is the first study to use data by firm and by state for every firm writing medical malpractice insurance ...