title: Surviving medical malpractice madness.
abstract: Mind-bending increases in medical malpractice insurance rates are driving physicians out of certain regions or out of medicine altogether, forcing hospitals to make tough choices such as eliminating services or cutting staff. Hospitals desperate to keep physicians are trying a number of strategies, from banding together to start their own insurance companies to reducing the amount of insurance they require their doctors to carry.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haugh
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D005249:Fees and Charges / Q000639:trends; D005607:Fraud; D017721:Hospital Costs; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D007351:Insurance, Liability / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States