Health Affairs, 25, no. 3 (2006): 750-758
doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.3.750
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Malpractice Premiums And Physicians’ Income: Perceptions Of A Crisis Conflict With Empirical Evidence

Marc A. Rodwin, Hak J. Chang and Jeffrey Clausen

The conventional wisdom is that malpractice premiums have steadily risen and now constitute a crisis for medical practice. The best available data suggest otherwise. American Medical Association (AMA) surveys of self-employed physicians from 1970 to 2000 indicate that premiums rose until 1986, then declined until 1996, rose thereafter, but were lower in 2000 than in 1986. Other items represented a much greater share of total practice expenses in 1970 yet increased rapidly until 1996 and moderately thereafter, while spending on premiums fell during 1986–2000. National trends were reflected with variations in obstetrics/gynecology, surgery, and anesthesiology and in nine regions surveyed.


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