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Malpractice insurance premiums for physicians have increased at an average rate of over 30 percent per year. This rate is significantly higher than health care cost inflation and the increase in physician costs. Trends indicate that malpractice related costs, both liability insurance and defensive medicine costs, will continue to increase for the near future. Pressures to limit physician costs ...

The study examined the perception of teachers towards examination malpractice in Ibadan metropolis, Ibadan, Nigeria. It ascertained causes area and identified ways curbing related malpractice. These were with a view to area. adopted descriptive survey research design. sample size for comprised one hundred (100) selected using simple random sampling technique. An instrument tagged “Perception Te...

Although there are intrinsic limitations in the analysis of closed malpractice claims, the Closed Claims Project has identified important anesthetic complications and mechanisms of injury and stimulated research in problem areas. The decrease in severity of injury in anesthesia malpractice claims suggests that anesthesia safety has improved since the establishment of monitoring standards using ...

Malaysia which is known as a country with multi-ethnic and multi-religious society who live coexist in relative harmony. Unfortunately, the harmony prosperity of was torn because greediness misbehaviour among people country. This malpractice, misconduct corruption happened every day everywhere. actions behaviours not only from lowest position but it also involved highest status level whether bi...

How do malpractice lawsuits affect physician behavior? Despite the central importance of this question in understanding the design of malpractice law, empirical evidence on this question remains limited. In this paper, I study the impact of malpractice claims against obstetricians, a specialty that is regarded as particularly subject to malpractice concerns, on their choice of whether to perfor...

While the complaints process is intended to improve healthcare, some doctors appear to practise defensive medicine after receiving a complaint. This response occurs in countries that use a tort-based medicolegal system as well as in countries with less professional liability. Defensive medicine is based on avoiding malpractice liability rather than considering a risk-benefit analysis for both i...

Physicians caring for acute chest pain patients constantly maneuver between unnecessary admissions and premature discharges. The ECG is the most readily available tool for identifying patients with ST-segment elevation, who are likely to have myocardial infarctions and who should receive reperfusion treatment. Establishing the correct diagnosis in the patients without ST-segment elevation, howe...