A Comparison of Formal and Informal Dispute Resolution in Medical Malpractice

Abstract

Previous articleNext article No AccessA Comparison of Formal and Informal Dispute Resolution in Medical MalpracticeHenry S. Farber, and Michelle J. WhiteHenry S. Farber Search for more articles by this author , and Michelle J. White Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Legal Studies Volume 23, Number 2Jun., 1994 Sponsored by The University of Chicago Law School Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/467945 Views: 22Total views on this site Citations: 43Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1994 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Samantha Bielen, Peter Grajzl, Wim Marneffe Investigating medical malpractice victim compensation: micro-level evidence from a professional liability insurer’s files, The European Journal of Health Economics 20, no.88 (Aug 2019): 1249–1260.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-019-01093-8Jutta Järvelin, Unto Häkkinen, Gunnar Rosenqvist Comparison of Health Care Costs Between Claimants and Nonclaimants in the No-Fault Compensation System of Finland, Journal of Patient Safety 15, no.22 (Jun 2019): 121–127.https://doi.org/10.1097/PTS.0000000000000252Priscila Giraldo, Luke Sato, María Sala, Merce Comas, Kathy Dywer, Xavier Castells A retrospective review of medical errors adjudicated in court between 2002 and 2012 in Spain, International Journal for Quality in Health Care 28, no.11 (Nov 2015): 33–39.https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzv089Danial Asmat, Sharon L. Tennyson Tort Liability and Settlement Failure: Evidence on Litigated Auto Insurance Claims, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2016).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2816697P. Fenn, N. Rickman Information and the Disposition of Medical Malpractice Claims: A Competing Risks Analysis, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 30, no.22 (May 2013): 244–274.https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewt002 Notes, (Mar 2014): 333–396.https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511843969.010Nick D. Pappas, Diane Moat, Donald H. Lee Medical Malpractice in Hand Surgery, The Journal of Hand Surgery 39, no.11 (Jan 2014): 168–170.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.06.021Veronica Grembi, Nuno Garoupa Delays in medical malpractice litigation in civil law jurisdictions: some evidence from the Italian Court of Cassation, Health Economics, Policy and Law 8, no.44 (Jan 2013): 423–452.https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744133112000436T. Eisenberg, H. S. Farber Why Do Plaintiffs Lose Appeals? Biased Trial Courts, Litigious Losers, or Low Trial Win Rates?, American Law and Economics Review 15, no.11 (Jan 2013): 73–109.https://doi.org/10.1093/aler/ahs021Jennifer Arlen Economic Analysis of Medical Malpractice Liability and Its Reform, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2013).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2262792Benjamin Ho, Elaine Liu Does sorry work? The impact of apology laws on medical malpractice, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 43, no.22 (Aug 2011): 141–167.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-011-9126-0Henry S. Farber, Theodore Eisenberg Why Do Plaintiffs Lose Appeals? Biased Trial Courts, Litigious Losers, or Low Trial Win Rates?, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2011).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1883599EUNATE MAYOR, GIOVANNI SARTOR WHY ARE LAWYERS NICE OR NASTY? INSIGHTS FROM AGENT-BASED MODELING, Advances in Complex Systems 13, no.0404 (Nov 2011): 535–558.https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219525910002736Benjamin Ho, Elaine Liu Does Sorry Work? The Impact of Apology Laws on Medical Malpractice, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2010).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1744225Bernard Black, David A. Hyman, Charles Silver The Effects of âEarly Offersâ in Medical Malpractice Cases: Evidence from Texas, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 6, no.44 (Dec 2009): 723–767.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-1461.2009.01158.xHarold Tan Minimising medical litigation: a review of key tort and legal reforms, International Journal of Law in Context 5, no.22 (Jul 2009): 179–233.https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744552309990061Francis Fullam, Andrew N. Garman, Tricia J. Johnson, Eric C. Hedberg The Use of Patient Satisfaction Surveys and Alternative Coding Procedures to Predict Malpractice Risk, Medical Care 47, no.55 (May 2009): 553–559.https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181923fd7Neil Vidmar Juries and Medical Malpractice Claims: Empirical Facts versus Myths, Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research 467, no.22 (Feb 2009): 367–375.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-008-0608-6Philip G. Peters Twenty Years of Evidence on the Outcomes of Malpractice Claims, Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research 467, no.22 (Feb 2009): 352–357.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-008-0631-7Cheng-Ru Wu, Chin-Tsai Lin, Yih-Chun Lin The best prophylaxis if medical disputes via the AHP-GRA model, Journal of Statistics and Management Systems 12, no.11 (Jan 2009): 47–58.https://doi.org/10.1080/09720510.2009.10701372 David M. Studdert and Michelle M. Mello When Tort Resolutions Are “Wrong”: Predictors of Discordant Outcomes in Medical Malpractice Litigation Studdert/Mello, The Journal of Legal Studies 36, no.S2S2 (Jul 2015): S47–S78.https://doi.org/10.1086/519465Lee D. Cranberg, Thomas H. Glick, Luke Sato Do the Claims Hold Up? A Study of Medical Negligence Claims Against Neurologists, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 4, no.11 (Mar 2007): 155–162.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-1461.2007.00085.xVeronica Grembi Trends and Duration of Medical Malpractice Cases: Some Evidence from the Italian Court of Cassation Decisions (1970-2005), SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2007).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.983039Catherine T. Harris, Ralph Peeples, Thomas B. Metzloff Placing "Standard of Care" in Context: The Impact of Witness Potential and Attorney Reputation in Medical Malpractice Litigation, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 3, no.33 (Nov 2006): 467–496.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-1461.2006.00076.xDavid M. Studdert, Michelle M. Mello, Atul A. Gawande, Tejal K. Gandhi, Allen Kachalia, Catherine Yoon, Ann Louise Puopolo, Troyen A. Brennan Claims, Errors, and Compensation Payments in Medical Malpractice Litigation, New England Journal of Medicine 354, no.1919 (May 2006): 2024–2033.https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMsa054479Eric Helland, Jonathan Klick, Alexander Tabarrok Data Watch: Tort-uring the Data, Journal of Economic Perspectives 19, no.22 (Apr 2005): 207–220.https://doi.org/10.1257/0895330054048669Tom Baker Reconsidering the Harvard Medical Practice Study Conclusions about the Validity of Medical Malpractice Claims, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2005).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.724781Walter Simmons, Rosemarie Emanuele Male and Female Recoveries in Medical Malpractice Cases, Review of Social Economy 62, no.11 (Mar 2004): 83–99.https://doi.org/10.1080/0034676042000183844Akihito Hagihara, Minako Nishi, Koichi Nobutomo Standard of care and liability in medical malpractice litigation in Japan, Health Policy 65, no.22 (Aug 2003): 119–127.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-8510(02)00214-2Catherine T. Harris, Ralph A. Peeples, Thomas B. Metzloff Placing 'Standard of Care' in Context: The Impact of Witness Potential and Attorney Reputation in Medical Malpractice Litigation, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2002).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.333560Stephen J. Spurr, Sandra Howze The effect of care quality on medical malpractice litigation, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 41, no.44 (Dec 2001): 491–513.https://doi.org/10.1016/S1062-9769(01)00091-6Dennis J. Devine, Laura D. Clayton, Benjamin B. Dunford, Rasmy Seying, Jennifer Pryce Jury decision making: 45 years of empirical research on deliberating groups., Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 7, no.33 (Jan 2001): 622–727.https://doi.org/10.1037/1076-8971.7.3.622Theodore Eisenberg Empirical Methods and the Law, Journal of the American Statistical Association 95, no.450450 (Jun 2000): 665–669.https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2000.10474247David M. Studdert, Eric J. Thomas, Helen R. Burstin, Brett I.W. Zbar, E. John Orav, Troyen A. Brennan Negligent Care and Malpractice Claiming Behavior in Utah and Colorado, Medical Care 38, no.33 (Mar 2000): 250–260.https://doi.org/10.1097/00005650-200003000-00002Eleanor D. Kinney Tapping And Resolving Consumer Concerns About Health Care, American Journal of Law & Medicine 26, no.44 (Feb 2021): 335–399.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0098858800011217Donald Wittman Lay Juries Versus Professional Arbitrators and the Arbitrator Selection Hypothesis, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2000).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.243760Barbara Beardwood, Vivienne Walters, John Eyles, Susan French Complaints against nurses: a reflection of `the new managerialism' and consumerism in health care?, Social Science & Medicine 48, no.33 (Feb 1999): 363–374.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00340-2Ruudje C Cleophas, Ton J Cleophas Is it effective to file medical malpractice litigations and the names of hospitals and physicians involved on the Internet or not?, Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs 16, no.33 (Sep 2008): 109–115.https://doi.org/10.3109/10601339909007065Troyen A. Brennan, Colin M. Sox, Helen R. Burstin Relation between Negligent Adverse Events and the Outcomes of Medical-Malpractice Litigation, New England Journal of Medicine 335, no.2626 (Dec 1996): 1963–1967.https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199612263352606Troyen A. Brennan Book Review: Suing for Medical Malpractice, The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 23, no.11 (Jun 2016): 96–100.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720X.1995.tb01337.xTrocen A. Brennan Questioning The Value Of Liability In Medical Malpractice, Health Affairs 14, no.11 (Jan 1995): 320–321.https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.14.1.320-bMichelle J. White Liability In Medical Malpractice: The Author's Response, Health Affairs 14, no.11 (Jan 1995): 321–323.https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.14.1.321James T. O’Neill The role of quality assurance in preventing legal actions, (): 61–72.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-28312-8_6