Does Defensive Medicine Reduce Health Care Spending?
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Keywords
defensive medicine; medical malpractice; health care spending; medical licensing;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- K23 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law
- K32 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety Law
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2015-05-16 (Health Economics)
- NEP-LAW-2015-05-16 (Law and Economics)
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