Original paper
The Cost of Defensive Medicine on 3 Hospital Medicine Services
Abstract
The overuse of tests and procedures due to fear of malpractice litigation, known as defensive medicine,1 is estimated to cost $46 billion annually in the US,2 but these costs have been measured only indirectly. We estimated the cost of defensive medicine on three hospital medicine services in a health system by having physicians assess the defensiveness of their own orders. We hypothesized that physicians who were concerned about being targeted...
Paper Details
Title
The Cost of Defensive Medicine on 3 Hospital Medicine Services
Published Date
Nov 1, 2014
Journal
Volume
174
Issue
11
Pages
1867 - 1867
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