Malpractice litigation and medical costs in the United States
研究了美国190个都市和非都市地区5年间的医疗事故诉讼与医疗成本的关系，发现诉讼对医疗成本有显著正向影响，约占医疗支出的2-10%。
This paper examines the relationship of medical malpractice litigation and medical costs in the United States. We relate medical malpractice settlements to medical costs for 190 metro and non-metro areas in the United States over a 5-year period and find that litigation is positively and significantly related to medical costs. Using a panel data set and a fixed-effects specification, the estimates indicate that malpractice litigation accounts for roughly 2-10% of medical expenditures, with the impact exceeding the dollar amount of settlements.