title: Liability reform should make patients safer: "avoidable classes of events" are a key improvement.
authors.affiliation: The Urban Institutes Health Policy Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Randall R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Bovbjerg
authors.forename: Laurence R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Tancredi
mesh_terms: D035881:Compensation and Redress / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007351:Insurance, Liability; D016365:Liability, Legal / Q000191:economics*; D008318:Malpractice / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011050:Policy Making; D011640:Public Policy; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D017751:Safety Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States