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Evaluating the medical malpractice system and options for reform. J Econ Perspect (2011) 0.90
Medical malpractice reform: noneconomic damages caps reduced payments 15 percent, with varied effects by specialty. Health Aff (Millwood) (2014) 0.87
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Medical professional liability risk among US cardiologists. Am Heart J (2014) 0.81
Building a National Surveillance System for Malpractice Claims. Health Serv Res (2016) 0.81
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Medical Malpractice in Wuhan, China: A 10-Year Autopsy-Based Single-Center Study. Medicine (Baltimore) (2015) 0.75
The medical malpractice muddle. Health Aff (Millwood) (2010) 0.75
Professionally responsible malpractice reform. J Gen Intern Med (2011) 0.75
Currents in contemporary bioethics. Health care reform and medical malpractice claims. J Law Med Ethics (2010) 0.75
Cross-sectional survey on defensive practices and defensive behaviours among Israeli psychiatrists. BMJ Open (2017) 0.75
The cost of lawsuit risks when treating the uninsured. Health Aff (Millwood) (2010) 0.75
Medical Malpractice Claims in Radiation Oncology: A Population-Based Study 1985-2012. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2015) 0.75
Medical malpractice claims related to cataract surgery complicated by retained lens fragments (an American Ophthalmological Society thesis). Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc (2012) 0.75
Could the Pharmaceutical Industry Benefit from Full-Scale Adoption of Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology with New Regulations? Perspect Health Inf Manag (2016) 0.75
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Defensive medicine among neurosurgeons in the Netherlands: a national survey. Acta Neurochir (Wien) (2017) 0.75
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Relationship between malpractice claims and cesarean delivery. JAMA (1993) 2.32
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How liability law affects medical productivity. J Health Econ (2002) 1.71
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Physicians' perceptions of the risk of being sued. J Health Polit Policy Law (1992) 1.48
Are damages caps regressive? A study of malpractice jury verdicts in California. Health Aff (Millwood) (2004) 1.34
Defensive medicine and tort reform: a wide view. J Gen Intern Med (2010) 1.17
Medical malpractice: claims, legal costs, and the practice of defensive medicine. Health Aff (Millwood) (1984) 1.15
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Impact of the National Practitioner Data Bank on resolution of malpractice claims. Inquiry (2003) 1.09
A surgical safety checklist to reduce morbidity and mortality in a global population. N Engl J Med (2009) 25.01
Improving safety with information technology. N Engl J Med (2003) 14.53
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Risk factors for retained instruments and sponges after surgery. N Engl J Med (2003) 8.93
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Claims, errors, and compensation payments in medical malpractice litigation. N Engl J Med (2006) 6.70
Medicare spending, the physician workforce, and beneficiaries' quality of care. Health Aff (Millwood) (2004) 5.99
Relationship between occurrence of surgical complications and hospital finances. JAMA (2013) 5.89
Medical errors involving trainees: a study of closed malpractice claims from 5 insurers. Arch Intern Med (2007) 5.43
Variation in surgical-readmission rates and quality of hospital care. N Engl J Med (2013) 5.27
Risks of complaints and adverse disciplinary findings against international medical graduates in Victoria and Western Australia. Med J Aust (2012) 5.25
Analysis of errors reported by surgeons at three teaching hospitals. Surgery (2003) 4.66
Malpractice risk according to physician specialty. N Engl J Med (2011) 4.60
The intensity and variation of surgical care at the end of life: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet (2011) 4.44
Who you are and where you live: how race and geography affect the treatment of medicare beneficiaries. Health Aff (Millwood) (2004) 4.25
Simulation-based trial of surgical-crisis checklists. N Engl J Med (2013) 4.14
The reliability of medical record review for estimating adverse event rates. Ann Intern Med (2002) 4.02
Global operating theatre distribution and pulse oximetry supply: an estimation from reported data. Lancet (2010) 3.84
The rise of litigation in human subjects research. Ann Intern Med (2003) 3.77
Contribution of preventable acute care spending to total spending for high-cost Medicare patients. JAMA (2013) 3.70
Downwardly mobile: the accidental cost of being uninsured. Arch Surg (2009) 3.65
The new medical malpractice crisis. N Engl J Med (2003) 3.41
Obesity--the new frontier of public health law. N Engl J Med (2006) 3.36
Long-term assessment of a multidisciplinary approach to thyroid nodule diagnostic evaluation. Cancer (2007) 3.36
Academic medical centers' standards for clinical-trial agreements with industry. N Engl J Med (2005) 3.26
Crisis checklists for the operating room: development and pilot testing. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 3.19
Hospital-level racial disparities in acute myocardial infarction treatment and outcomes. Med Care (2005) 3.17
Patterns of communication breakdowns resulting in injury to surgical patients. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 3.09
Trends in the earnings of male and female health care professionals in the United States, 1987 to 2010. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 2.97
Effective surgical safety checklist implementation. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 2.79
Mortality after acute myocardial infarction in hospitals that disproportionately treat black patients. Circulation (2005) 2.72
Missed and delayed diagnoses in the emergency department: a study of closed malpractice claims from 4 liability insurers. Ann Emerg Med (2006) 2.67
Geographic variation in health care and the problem of measuring racial disparities. Perspect Biol Med (2005) 2.53
Identification of doctors at risk of recurrent complaints: a national study of healthcare complaints in Australia. BMJ Qual Saf (2013) 2.47
Incidence, patterns, and prevention of wrong-site surgery. Arch Surg (2006) 2.44
Analysis of surgical errors in closed malpractice claims at 4 liability insurers. Surgery (2006) 2.43
Disclosure of medical injury to patients: an improbable risk management strategy. Health Aff (Millwood) (2007) 2.40
Risks of complaints and adverse disciplinary findings against international medical graduates in Victoria and Western Australia. Med J Aust (2013) 2.35
Postgame analysis: using video-based coaching for continuous professional development. J Am Coll Surg (2012) 2.33
On average, physicians spend nearly 11 percent of their 40-year careers with an open, unresolved malpractice claim. Health Aff (Millwood) (2013) 2.26
Prevalence and characteristics of complaint-prone doctors in private practice in Victoria. Med J Aust (2011) 2.21
Professional liability issues in graduate medical education. JAMA (2004) 2.17
Role of professional organizations in regulating physician expert witness testimony. JAMA (2007) 2.16
Changes in safety attitude and relationship to decreased postoperative morbidity and mortality following implementation of a checklist-based surgical safety intervention. BMJ Qual Saf (2011) 2.16
Effect of a 19-item surgical safety checklist during urgent operations in a global patient population. Ann Surg (2010) 2.14
Ensuring the fiscal sustainability of health care reform. N Engl J Med (2009) 2.08
Malpractice liability costs and the practice of medicine in the Medicare program. Health Aff (Millwood) (2007) 2.08
The elusive connection between health care spending and quality. Health Aff (Millwood) (2008) 2.07
Shifting terrain in the regulation of off-label promotion of pharmaceuticals. N Engl J Med (2009) 2.04
Disputes over coverage of emergency department services: a study of two health maintenance organizations. Ann Emerg Med (2004) 2.03
Adopting a surgical safety checklist could save money and improve the quality of care in U.S. hospitals. Health Aff (Millwood) (2010) 2.01
Use of breast cancer screening and treatment services by Australian women aged 25-44 years following Kylie Minogue's breast cancer diagnosis. Int J Epidemiol (2008) 1.94
Perspectives in quality: designing the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist. Int J Qual Health Care (2010) 1.85
Is uptake of genetic testing for colorectal cancer influenced by knowledge of insurance implications? Med J Aust (2009) 1.81
The rise of nursing home litigation: findings from a national survey of attorneys. Health Aff (Millwood) (2003) 1.81
Geographic variation in the appropriate use of cesarean delivery. Health Aff (Millwood) (2006) 1.78
Hospital quality and intensity of spending: is there an association? Health Aff (Millwood) (2009) 1.77
Surgical outcome measurement for a global patient population: validation of the Surgical Apgar Score in 8 countries. Surgery (2011) 1.74
Massachusetts' health care reform and emergency department utilization. N Engl J Med (2011) 1.72
Is spending more always wasteful? The appropriateness of care and outcomes among colorectal cancer patients. Health Aff (Millwood) (2008) 1.70
The pharmaceutical industry versus Medicaid--limits on state initiatives to control prescription-drug costs. N Engl J Med (2004) 1.60
False Claims Act prosecution did not deter off-label drug use in the case of neurontin. Health Aff (Millwood) (2011) 1.59
Association between income and the hippocampus. PLoS One (2011) 1.58
Shifting Vaccination Politics--The End of Personal-Belief Exemptions in California. N Engl J Med (2015) 1.56
Mortality for publicly reported conditions and overall hospital mortality rates. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 1.55
Communication practices on 4 Harvard surgical services: a surgical safety collaborative. Ann Surg (2009) 1.53
The Leapfrog standards: ready to jump from marketplace to courtroom? Health Aff (Millwood) (2003) 1.52
Characteristics of physicians who frequently act as expert witnesses in neurologic birth injury litigation. Obstet Gynecol (2006) 1.50
Relationship between malpractice litigation pressure and rates of cesarean section and vaginal birth after cesarean section. Med Care (2009) 1.50
A policy-based intervention for the reduction of communication breakdowns in inpatient surgical care: results from a Harvard surgical safety collaborative. Ann Surg (2011) 1.49
Pilot testing of a model for insurer-driven, large-scale multicenter simulation training for operating room teams. Ann Surg (2014) 1.48
Strategies and practices in off-label marketing of pharmaceuticals: a retrospective analysis of whistleblower complaints. PLoS Med (2011) 1.46
Factors predicting coroners' decisions to hold discretionary inquests. CMAJ (2012) 1.46
Characterization, quantification, and bioactivities of anthocyanins in Cornus species. J Agric Food Chem (2002) 1.46
Patterns of technical error among surgical malpractice claims: an analysis of strategies to prevent injury to surgical patients. Ann Surg (2007) 1.45
Will physician-level measures of clinical performance be used in medical malpractice litigation? JAMA (2006) 1.45
Restricted career paths for overseas students graduating from Australian medical schools: legal and policy considerations. Med J Aust (2010) 1.43
Removal of doctors from practice for professional misconduct in Australia and New Zealand. BMJ Qual Saf (2012) 1.42
Avoiding low-value care. N Engl J Med (2014) 1.41
Recommendations for Best Communication Practices to Facilitate Goal-concordant Care for Seriously Ill Older Patients With Emergency Surgical Conditions. Ann Surg (2016) 1.41
Critical role of identification of the second gland during unilateral parathyroid surgery: a prospective review of 119 patients with concordant localization. Arch Surg (2011) 1.40
Making the case for health-enhancing laws after Bloomberg. Hastings Cent Rep (2014) 1.40
A quiet revolution: law as an agent of health system change. Health Aff (Millwood) (2004) 1.39
The frequency and significance of discrepancies in the surgical count. Ann Surg (2008) 1.39
Bilateral neck exploration decreases operative time compared to minimally invasive parathyroidectomy in patients with discordant imaging. World J Surg (2013) 1.38
Proficiency of surgeons in inguinal hernia repair: effect of experience and age. Ann Surg (2005) 1.37
The Supreme Court, preemption, and malpractice liability. N Engl J Med (2009) 1.37
Survival of the fittest: retrospective cohort study of the longevity of Olympic medallists in the modern era. BMJ (2012) 1.35
Plain packaging of tobacco products in Australia: a novel regulation faces legal challenge. JAMA (2012) 1.35
Point-of-purchase price and education intervention to reduce consumption of sugary soft drinks. Am J Public Health (2010) 1.35
Effects of a malpractice crisis on specialist supply and patient access to care. Ann Surg (2005) 1.33
Standardised metrics for global surgical surveillance. Lancet (2009) 1.32
Bar-coding surgical sponges to improve safety: a randomized controlled trial. Ann Surg (2008) 1.32
Receipt of appropriate surgical care for Medicare beneficiaries with cancer. Arch Surg (2011) 1.31
Do differences in hospital and surgeon quality explain racial disparities in lower-extremity vascular amputations? Ann Surg (2009) 1.30
Geographic correlation between large-firm commercial spending and Medicare spending. Am J Manag Care (2010) 1.30