PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - TG Gutheil
AU  - ML Commons
AU  - PM Miller
TI  - Expert witness billing practices revisited: a pilot study of further data
DP  - 2001 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 202--206
VI  - 29
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/29/2/202.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/29/2/202.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2001 Jun 01; 29
AB  - This pilot study follows up an earlier study of the strategies and rationales by which psychiatric expert witnesses bill for their time on a case. Questionnaires were answered by participants at a workshop at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law (AAPL). In this follow-up, additional novel billing issues were addressed, some subtler than in the original study. In addition, responses to one question supported the previous finding that experts billed more reasonably when a case was simple. Additional issues included use of fee agreements and returning an unpaid-for case. The implications of these findings are discussed.