bears noting that ERISA does not provide similar liability protection to physicians. Second, independent contractor law also … provides a shield against patient injury liability for MCOs. Since the vast majority of physicians enter into legal agreements … with strong incentives to limit costs and deny care due to legal rules that shield them from virtually all liability for …

determine whether patient negligence should be considered in litigation. The project examines the line at which a physician’s … response by patients, this project considers whether comparative negligence attaches. Goodwin and Richardson argue due … reasonably in trusting her medical provider. Here, the authors propose a test that considers the patient’s competence, knowledge …

, affects physicians' medical service provision and the quality of care. Using a series of controlled experiments with … physicians and students, we test the incentive effect of performance pay at a within-subject level. A discrete bonus is granted … if a quality threshold is reached, which varies with the patients' severity of illness. We find that performance pay …

Physicians are traditionally liable under a negligence rule of liability. Economic analysis of liability rules … because of imperfect information on the part of courts, doctors, patients, liability insurers and health insurers. Imperfect … incentives for physicians to practice defensive medicine and incentives for plaintiffs and defendants to invest in litigation …

discover diferential treatment styles driven by physicians' perceived liability risk among patients with a diferent critical …Objective By manipulating patients' critical attitude in a video experiment, we examined whether physicians are more … are not medically necessary) when experiencing a high liability risk. Conclusions Our results show that patients' critical …