Report: Suits Don't Cause Higher Med Mal Premiums
NU Online News Service, March 11, 4:20 p.m. EST?Medical malpractice verdicts and settlements are not the cause for rising insurance premiums for Texas physicians and hospitals, a new report suggests.[@@]
The study, released this week by the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Illinois, pored over 150,000 insurance claims collected by the Texas Department of Insurance between 1988 and 2002.
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