Defensive Medicine and Obstetric Practices: Evidence from the Military Health System
We estimate the extent of defensive medicine by physicians during labor and delivery, drawing on a novel and significant source of variation in liability pressure. In particular, we embrace the no-liability counterfactual made possible by the structure of liability rules in the Military Heath System...
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Wiley,
2021-06-11T15:01:45Z.
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