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Medical Liability: Impact on Hospital and Physician Costs Extends Beyond Insurance

AIMD-95-169 Published: Sep 29, 1995. Publicly Released: Oct 16, 1995.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the types of medical liability costs that affect hospitals and physicians, and whether existing studies include these costs in their estimates of hospital and physician liability expenses.

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Health care costsHospitalsInsurance cost controlInsurance premiumsLiability (legal)Liability insuranceMalpractice (medical)Medical equipmentPharmaceutical industryPhysicians