Malpractice insurance rates reach boiling point. Physicians burned by lawyers, lawsuits and jury awards

Physician Exec. 2002 Mar-Apr;28(2):12-4.

Abstract

Costs of medical malpractice insurance are soaring. Major insurers are refusing to write policies. And doctors are struggling to pay their premiums. Find out what's behind the insurance crisis.

MeSH terms

  • Fees and Charges / trends*
  • Humans
  • Insurance Carriers / economics
  • Insurance Carriers / trends
  • Insurance, Liability / economics*
  • Insurance, Liability / trends
  • Jurisprudence
  • Liability, Legal / economics*
  • Malpractice / economics
  • Malpractice / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Physicians / economics*
  • Physicians / legislation & jurisprudence
  • United States