The report concludes that defensive medicine is highly prevalent among physicians in Pennsylvania who pay the most for liability insurance, with potentially serious implications for cost, access, and both technical and interpersonal quality of care.
The Project on Medical Liability in Pennsylvania — an independent, nonpartisan effort financed by The Pew Charitable Trusts — supported the study.
View the report abstract on www.JAMA.com--Defensive Medicine Among High-Risk Specialist Physicians in a Volatile Malpractice Environment.
For a copy of the complete report, contact: jann_ingmire@jama-archives.org.