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Research from Samford University provides new data on life sciences
Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, July 13th, 2007
New research, "Damages caps in medical malpractice cases," is the subject of a report. "This article reviews the empirical literature on the effects of damages caps and concludes that the better-designed studies show that damages caps reduce liability insurance premiums. The effects of damages caps on defensive medicine, physicians' location decisions, and the cost of health care to consumers are less clear," investigators in the United States report.
"The only study of whether consumers benefit from lower health insurance premiums as a result of damages caps found no impact. Some state courts have based decisions declaring damages caps legislation unconstitutional on...
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