Abstract In the United States, two patients with the same medical condition can receive
drastically different treatments. In addition, the same patient can walk into two physicians' …

Importance The tort liability system is intended to serve 3 functions: compensate patients
who sustain injury from negligence, provide corrective justice, and deter negligence …

Background Data are lacking on the proportion of physicians who face malpractice claims in
a year, the size of those claims, and the cumulative career malpractice risk according to …

Concerns about reducing the rate of growth of health expenditures have reignited interest in
medical liability reforms and their potential to save money by reducing the practice of …

There are widespread differences in health care spending and utilization across regions of
the US as well as in other countries. Are these variations caused by demand-side factors …

Abstract In the United States, health care technology has contributed to rising survival rates,
yet health care spending relative to GDP has also grown more rapidly than in any other …

Objectives The objective was to determine emergency physician (EP) perceptions regarding
1) the extent to which they order medically unnecessary advanced diagnostic imaging, 2) …

De-implementing inappropriate health interventions is essential for minimizing patient harm,
maximizing efficient use of resources, and improving population health. Research on de …

The US health system has been described as the most competitive, heterogeneous,
inefficient, fragmented, and advanced system of care in the world. In this paper, we consider …

Expert performance is often evaluated assuming that good experts have good outcomes. We
examine expertise in medicine and develop a model that allows for two dimensions of …