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How Many People In The United States Are Employed In The Health Care Field?

September 28, 2011

Many times when people think about health care providers, they are referring to doctors, nurses, physicians assistants, and therapists such as physical therapists, occupational therapists, and the like. Direct caregivers are usually easier to identify than those health care providers who work b[...]

Has The Fear Of Medical Malpractice Claims Resulted In Fewer Medical School Applications In The U.S.?

September 27, 2011

If there is any truth to the anecdotal threats of doctors leaving their profession and closing their medical practices because of their fear of medical malpractice claims, is there any evidence that the fear of medical malpractice claims is affecting the number of applications received by U.S. med[...]

U.S. Medical School Graduates In 2010

September 26, 2011

One of the many complaints lodged by medical malpractice tort reformists is that doctors are fleeing the practice of medicine because of their fear of “frivolous” medical malpractice lawsuits. The fear-mongers warn that there will soon be not enough doctors in the United States because[...]

How Many Medical Specialists Are Employed In The United States?

September 25, 2011

An analysis of employed medical specialists (which excludes self-employed specialists) in the United States based on a survey conducted in 2010 is revealing. The total number of employed medical specialists was 592,410 (the largest numbers were in California (65,500), New York (59,280), and Texas ([...]

States With The Fewest Medical Malpractice Claims In 2010

September 24, 2011

Yesterday’s blog posting listed the states in the United States with the most (over 100) paid medical malpractice claims for 2010. Today we name the states with fewer than 100 paid medical malpractice claims for 2010. Those states are: Alabama had 49 paid medical malpractice claims in 2010 tha[...]

An Analysis Of Paid Medical Malpractice Claims In The U.S. For 2010

September 23, 2011

An analysis of paid medical malpractice claims in the United States for 2010 based on data from the National Practitioner Data Bank for physicians (MDs), osteopathic physicians (DOs), interns, and residents found that there were 9,894 paid medical malpractice claims. The highest number of paid clai[...]

Unintentional Poisoning Statistics In The United States

September 22, 2011

The statistics are sobering: every day of the year, almost 82 people die in the United States from unintentional poisoning, including those who overdosed on recreational drugs. (“Unintentional” means that the people taking or giving the substance did not intend to cause harm to themselve[...]

Medical Malpractice Lawyers Dot Com: Our 200th Consecutive Daily Blog Posting!

September 21, 2011

Today we celebrate with pride our 200th consecutive daily blog posting. From the overwhelming feedback we have received, we take much satisfaction in our mostly informational and hopefully thoughtful postings relevant to medical malpractice and medical care in the United States. The current ass[...]

How Do Medical Malpractice Claims REALLY Affect Doctors?

September 20, 2011

Doctors are constantly complaining that the fear of medical malpractice claims has changed the way they practice medicine, has increased health care costs, and has caused doctors to flee the profession due to high medical malpractice insurance premiums and “frivolous lawsuits.” How have [...]

Medical Malpractice Claims In The U.S. – What Are Some Of The Statistics?

September 19, 2011

One in three Americans have reported that they or a family member had been a victim of medical malpractice. One in five reported that a medical error caused serious health problems or death. The pervasive problem of medical errors resulting in unnecessary additional hospital stays and additional m[...]

Medical Malpractice Claims In The United States – What Is The Reality?

September 18, 2011

An often-repeated statistic is that medical malpractice (preventable medical errors) in the United States causes approximately 98,000 deaths per year and is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Despite these statistics, there are very few medical malpractice claims filed relative [...]

Medical Malpractice Tort Reform – At What Cost?

September 17, 2011

The political pundits pushing for what they call “tort reform” have enjoyed many successes in recent years. Many states have enacted laws that have placed a “cap” on the maximum amount of money that can be recovered from negligent doctors and other careless health care provi[...]

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