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Could be wrong but I have a feeling that most of the other costs are related to either mitigating or fighting malpractice lawsuits. Do any other countries have
by chaostheory 9y ago
Could be wrong but I have a feeling that most of the other costs are related to either mitigating or fighting malpractice lawsuits. Do any other countries have a lot of medical malpractice lawsuits besides the US?
- cjlars 9y agoUnlikely. Some quick googling gives an annual cost of $55BN for malpractice. Still, including the above, we're now at 1 / 10 of the overage. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3048809/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3048809/
- nradov 9y agoYou would be wrong. We have a natural experiment in that some US states have imposed caps on malpractice damages, yet they have experienced only slight decreases in overall medical costs.