BJOG. 2017 Mar 9. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.14621. [Epub ahead of print]
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- Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Abstract
The tort system in the U.S. functions poorly in adjudicating blame and providing compensation for adverse medical outcomes, and the overhead costs of this system are exorbitant. (Studdert etal.NEngJMed2006;354: 2024-33) The question is whether the system can be improved within the constraints of fairness and justice to both patients and providers, and the financial realities of a broken U.S. health care system.
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