Abstract Cases of litigation against physicians have been growing in Brazil: there are currently three new lawsuits filed per hour related to alleged medical error. The purpose of this study was to an
Abstract Cases of litigation against physicians have been growing in Brazil: there are currently three new lawsuits filed per hour related to alleged medical error. The purpose of this study was to an
Many argue that incentive costs of the malpractice system, namely practices such as defensive medicine, account for a substantial portion of growth in healthcare costs. However, aside from increasing
Abstract Cases of litigation against physicians have been growing in Brazil: there are currently three new lawsuits filed per hour related to alleged medical error. The purpose of this study was to a
`Defensive medicine' is a potentially serious social problem: if fear of liability drives health care providers to administer treatments that do not have worthwhile medical benefits, then the current
