‘Catastrophic’ malpractice payouts add little to health care’s rising costs
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 20:30
in Health & Medicine
Efforts to lower health care costs in the United States have focused at times on demands to reform the medical malpractice system, with some researchers asserting that large, headline-grabbing and “frivolous” payouts are among the heaviest drains on health care resources. But a new review of malpractice claims suggests such assertions are wrong.