Malpractice litigation and medical costs
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Brandon Roberts; Irving Hoch
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract This paper examines the relationship of medical malpractice litigation and medical costs in the United States. We relate medical malpractice settlements to medical costs for 190 metro and nonβmetro areas in the United States over a 5βyear period and find that litigation is positively an