Do Doctors Prescribe Antibiotics Out of Fear of Malpractice?
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- Sebastian Panthöfer, 2022. "Do doctors prescribe antibiotics out of fear of malpractice?," Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 19(2), pages 340-381, June.
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Keywords
antibiotic misuse; antibiotic resistance; liability pressure; defensive medicine;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- K13 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Tort Law and Product Liability; Forensic Economics
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2016-10-23 (Health Economics)
- NEP-LAW-2016-10-23 (Law and Economics)
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