The Rising Cost of Medical Malpractice

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This study examines the extent to which rising medical malpractice premiums have affected the quality of care provided by physicians to their patients. The study also looks at the causes and consequences of the rising premiums and examines proposed solutions to the potential health care crisis the rising costs are creating.

Chapter One: Introduction and Problem Statement
Chapter Two: Review of the Literature
Chapter Three: Methodology
Chapter Four: Results
Chapter Five: Conclusion and Further Research

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"Medical malpractice premiums have increased exponentially during the last decade, resulting in a decreased pool of qualified physicians available to consumers seeking quality care. As a consequence, consumers are left with fewer and fewer options when seeking out quality medical care. In some circumstances, consumers are left with no convenient available options. In addition, physicians are faced with the ever looming prospect of discontinuing many services formerly offered patients. Physicians are dropping many practices as a result of an inability to cover the premiums associated with insuring such services. Many physicians have been forced out of practice as a result of rising medical malpractice premiums. Patients have found themselves faced with the crisis of finding qualified professionals in an ever shrinking market. A majority of smaller physician practices find themselves at a crossroads; desiring to provide patients with the utmost in quality care, but unable to do so because of exorbitant premiums."

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