title: A perspective on the health care expenditures for defensive medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department for Trauma Surgery and Sports Traumatology, Academic Hospital Feldkirch, Carinagasse 47, 6800, Feldkirch, Austria. michael.osti@lkhf.at.|Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Müllner Hauptstraße 48, 5020, Salzburg, Austria. michael.osti@lkhf.at.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osti
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Health Care Management and Health Care Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Steyrer
mesh_terms: D003675:Defensive Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008318:Malpractice