‘Catastrophic’ malpractice payouts add little to health care’s rising costs

Efforts to lower health care costs in the United States have focused at times on demands to reform the medical malpractice system, with some researchers asserting that large, headline-grabbing and «frivolous» payouts are among the heaviest drains on health care resources. But a new review of malpractice claims by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests such assertions are wrong.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/jhm…