Does tort reform affect physician supply? Evidence from Texas
- Title
- Does tort reform affect physician supply? Evidence from Texas
- Author
- 백명호
- Issue Date
- 2015-06
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF LAW AND ECONOMICS, v. 42, Page. 203-218
- Abstract
- Does state tort reform affect physician supply? Tort reformers certainly believe so. Before Texas adopted tort reform in 2003, proponents claimed that physicians were deserting Texas in droves. After tort reform was enacted, proponents claimed there had been a dramatic increase in physicians moving to Texas due to the improved liability climate. We find no evidence to support either claim. Physician supply was not measurably stunted prior to reform, and it did not measurably improve after reform. This is true for all patient care physicians in Texas, high-malpractice-risk specialties, primary care physicians, and rural physicians.
- URI
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0144818815000162http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11754/25921
- ISSN
- 0144-8188
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.irle.2015.02.002
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- COLLEGE OF POLICY SCIENCE[S](정책과학대학) > POLICY STUDIES(정책학과) > Articles
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