Hughes, James; Savoca, Elizabeth - In: Journal of Applied Statistics 26 (1999) 2, pp. 219-228
Using a sample of medical malpractice insurance claims closed between 1 October 1985 and 1 October 1989 in the USA, we estimate the impact of legal reforms on the longevity of disputes, via a competing risks model that accounts for length-biased sampling and a finite sampling horizon. We find...