The net effects of medical malpractice tort reform on health insurance losses: the Texas experience
- ECU Author/Contributor (non-ECU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Patricia H.,Karl,J. Bradley,Viscusi,W. Kip Born (Creator)
- Institution
- East Carolina University (ECU )
- Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/
Abstract: In this paper, we examine the influence of medical malpractice tort reform on the level of private health insurance company losses incurred. We employ a natural experiment framework centered on a series of tort reform measures enacted in Texas in 2003 that drastically altered the medical malpractice environment in the state. The results of a difference-in-differences analysis using a variety of comparison states, as well as a difference-in-difference-in-differences analysis, indicate that ameliorating medical malpractice risk has little effect on health insurance losses incurred by private health insurers.
Additional Information
- Publication
- Other
- Language: English
- Date: 2017
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| The net effects of medical malpractice tort reform on health insurance losses: the Texas experience | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8420 | The described resource references, cites, or otherwise points to the related resource. |