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.
Loyola University, Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, USA.
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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