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Liability and liability insurance for medical malpractice.

P M Danzon

    Journal of Health Economics
    |November 6, 1985
    PubMed
    Summary

    Physicians purchase extensive malpractice insurance, contrary to theory. Judicial errors in negligence cases create demand for liability insurance, impacting injury prevention and legal defense strategies.

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    Area of Science:

    • Medical Law
    • Health Economics
    • Risk Management

    Background:

    • Physicians typically maintain comprehensive malpractice insurance coverage.
    • This practice diverges from standard economic theories predicting no insurance demand under negligence liability rules.
    • Theoretical insurance policies under moral hazard conditions usually include co-payment provisions, which are often absent in physician coverage.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explain the discrepancy between theoretical predictions and the observed high demand for malpractice insurance among physicians.
    • To analyze the role of judicial errors in negligence determinations in creating demand for liability and legal defense insurance.
    • To investigate how physician co-payment and reimbursement models influence the trade-off between injury prevention and legal defense.

    Main Methods:

    • Theoretical economic modeling to analyze insurance demand under negligence rules.
    • Examination of the impact of judicial 'errors' on insurance market dynamics.
    • Analysis of the interplay between insurance contract features (co-payment) and physician reimbursement models (fee-for-service) on risk management strategies.

    Main Results:

    • Judicial errors in defining negligence are identified as a primary driver for the demand for liability and legal defense insurance.
    • Physician co-payment provisions weaken insurers' incentives for legal defense, creating a trade-off between loss reduction via injury prevention and legal defense.
    • Fee-for-service reimbursement structures further complicate physicians' decisions regarding injury prevention versus insurance coverage.

    Conclusions:

    • The study highlights how legal system imperfections, rather than purely economic factors, shape malpractice insurance markets.
    • Physician insurance purchasing behavior reflects a complex interaction between legal system realities, insurance design, and reimbursement mechanisms.
    • The findings have implications for understanding the effectiveness of the tort system in deterring medical malpractice and promoting patient safety.

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