The impact of tort reform on defensive medicine, quality of care, and physician supply: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the impact of tort reform on defensive medicine, quality of care, and physician supply.

Data sources

Empirical, peer-reviewed English-language studies in the MEDLINE and HeinOnline databases that evaluated the association between tort reform and our study outcomes.

Study design

We performed a systematic review in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines.

Data collection/extraction methods

Title and abstract screening was followed by full-text screening of relevant citations. We created evidence tables, grouped studies by outcome, and qualitatively compared the findings of included studies. We assigned a higher rating to study designs that controlled for unobservable sources of confounding.

Principal findings

Thirty-seven studies met sc

SUBMITTER: Agarwal R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6606555 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature