Escalating health care costs: costs of litigation.
Although controlling the risks and costs of litigation is difficult, that goal is worth pursuing. Trumped-up malpractice claims, direct litigation costs, and defensive medicine contribute to the accelerating costs of U.S. health care but are not their driving force.
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Loyola University, Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, USA.
D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000191:economics*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011787:Quality of Health Care