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How do insurers price medical malpractice insurance?
Black, Bernard S.; Traczynski, Jerey; Udalova, Victoria - 2022
We study the factors that predict medical malpractice ("med mal") insurance premia, using national data from Medical Liability Monitor over 1990 to 2017. A number of core findings are not easily explained by standard economic theory. First, we estimate long run elasticities of premia to...
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The effects of tort reform on medical malpractice insurers' ultimate losses
Born, Patricia; Viscusi, W. Kip; Baker, Tom - 2006
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Medical malpractice
Kramer, Charles; Kramer, Daniel - 1983 - 5. ed
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The Effects of Tort Reform on Medical Malpractice Insurers' Ultimate Losses
Born, Patricia - 2006
Whereas the literature evaluating the effect of tort reforms has focused on reported incurred losses, this paper examines the long run effects using a comprehensive sample by state of individual firms writing medical malpractice insurance from 1984-2003. The long run effects of reforms are...
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Malpractice payouts and malpractice insurance : evidence from Texas closed claims, 1990 - 2004
Silver, Charles M.; Zeiler, Kathryn; Black, Bernard S.; … - In: The Geneva papers on risk and insurance - issues and … 33 (2008) 2, pp. 177-192
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Medical malpractice damage caps and provider reimbursement
Friedson, Andrew - In: Health economics 26 (2017) 1, pp. 118-135
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The net effects of medical malpractice tort reform on health insurance losses : the Texas experience
Born, Patricia; Karl, J. Bradley; Viscusi, W. Kip - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 42, pp. 1-16
In this paper, we examine the influence of medical malpractice tort reform on the level of private health insurance company losses incurred. We employ a natural experiment framework centered on a series of tort reform measures enacted in Texas in 2003 that drastically altered the medical...
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Impact of hospitalist care on hospital malpractice premiums using California hospital data
Lee, Jinhyung - In: Applied economics letters 24 (2017) 10/12, pp. 742-752
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Malpractice Payouts and Malpractice Insurance : Evidence from Texas Closed Claims, 1990-2003
Silver, Charles; Black, Bernard S.; Zeiler, Kathryn; … - 2008
Background. This study is the first to quantify physicians' malpractice insurance limits. It also examines the … (TDI) covering all insured medical malpractice claims against physicians closed between 1990 and 2003 with payment of $25 … at limits were common, and above-limits payments were rare, suggesting policy limits cap recoveries. Physicians …
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Defense Costs and Insurer Reserves in Medical Malpractice and Other Personal Injury Cases : Evidence from Texas, 1988-2004
Black, Bernard S.; Hyman, David A.; Silver, Charles; … - 2010
We study defense costs for commercially insured personal injury tort claims in Texas over 1988-2004, and insurer reserves for those costs. We rely on detailed case-level data on defense legal fees and expenses, and Texas state bar data on lawyers' hourly rates. We study medical malpractice ("med...
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