Malpractice Liability and Health Care Quality: A Review.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The tort liability system is intended to serve 3 functions: compensate patients who sustain injury from negligence, provide corrective justice, and deter negligence. Deterrence, in theory, occurs because clinicians know that they may experience adverse consequences if they negligently injure patients.

Objective

To review empirical findings regarding the association between malpractice liability risk (ie, the extent to which clinicians face the threat of being sued and having to pay damages) and health care quality and safety.

Data sources and study selection

Systematic search of multiple databases for studies published between January 1, 1990, and November 25, 2019, examining the relationship between malpractice liability risk measures and health outcomes o

SUBMITTER: Mello MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7402204 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature