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- An Analysis of the Conduct, Performance and Financial Condition of NCRIC, Inc., 2000-2004
- District of Columbia Medical Malpractice Payout Trends 1991 – 2004
- Falling Claims and Rising Premiums in the Medical Malpractice Insurance Industry
- Medical Malpractice & Liability – Just the Facts
- Economic Policy Institute (EPI) Study Confirms That Data Used To Support “Tort Reform” for 20 Years Are Unfounded
- H.R. 5: Restricts Patients’ Rights and Shields Special Interst from Liability
- Medical Malpractice Victims: Your Rights are in Danger
- Forgotten Faces of the Healthcare Crisis
- Patient Safety in American Hospitals
- Medical Malpractice Caps
- Implications of Rising Premiums on Access to Health Care
- Multiple Factors Have Contributed to Increased Premium Rates
- Top Ten Reasons Insurance Lobbyists Are Wrong About Medical Negligence in Washington, D.C.
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- Summary - Falling Claims and Rising Premiums in the Medical Malpractice Insurance Industry
- Number of Federal Tort Trials Fell by Almost 80 Percent from 1985 through 2003
Total payments for malpractice judgments have fallen 24.5 percent, from $299.6 million in 2000 to $226.2 million in 2004.
The median payment resulting from a judgment appears to have risen, from $230,000 in 2000 to $265,000 in 2004.
The total number of judgments against physicians dropped 31.9 percent between 2000 and 2004, from 670 to 456.
The number of malpractice judgments against physicians, adjusted for population growth, has fallen 34.6 percent since 2000.
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