Medical Malpractice Systems Around the Globe: Examples from the US-Tort Liability System and the Sweden-No Fault System

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Medical Malpractice Systems Around the Globe: Examples from the US-Tort Liability System and the Sweden-No Fault System

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2017-02-22T17:04:46Z
dc.date.available	2017-02-22T17:04:46Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.description.abstract	In this paper two main medical malpractice systems are discussed - tort liability system in the US and no-fault system adopted in OECD countries- most notably in Sweden. These systems were discussed from administrative issues, deterrence, financing,compensation, costs occur to parties involved in malpractice cases, quality of care and finally their impact on health care costs. Tort liability system is a “social insurance of a market society” where patients are compensated when the negligence is proved to be the cause of the injury, whereas no-fault system is a “social insurance of goodwill” where the patients are compensated without proof of providers’ fault. Tort litigation system has been criticized for being inefficient, unfair, and costly to both patients, health care providers and to health care system. No-fault system is introduced as an alternative totort system and adopted by many developed OECD countries. Although the system is more efficient and less costly for providing compensation to patients, it limits the patient’s right to appeal, and it appears that there is a trade-off between deterrence and the lower litigation costs. In order to overcome problems associated with the tort litigation system, several methods are suggested as an alternative current tort system in the US. These methods are discussed briefly at the end of the paper to provide information on different methods so that the countries who are in a process of planning to set a medical malpractice system could tailor some of suggested methods to their needs. There is no perfect medical malpractice system when the costs of litigation, deterrence, quality of care, financing, and fairness of compensation are considered simultaneously. Therefore, countries should adopt medical malpractice system by tailoring their functions to the conditions and the needs of the country.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/797831486996063182/Medical-malpractice-systems-around-the-globe-examples-from-the-US-tort-liability-systemand-the-Sweden-no-fault-system
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/26120
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26120
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	medical malpractice
dc.subject	litigation cost
dc.subject	social insurance
dc.subject	deterrence
dc.subject	quality of care
dc.subject	compensation
dc.subject	patient rights
dc.subject	compensable injury
dc.subject	liability premiums
dc.subject	health care costs
dc.title	Medical Malpractice Systems Around the Globe	en
dc.title.subtitle	Examples from the US-Tort Liability System and the Sweden-No Fault System	en
dc.type	Report	en
dc.type	Rapport	fr
dc.type	Informe	es
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okr.crossref.title	Medical Malpractice Systems Around the Globe
okr.date.disclosure	2017-02-13
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-07T09:45:24.221512Z
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work::Other Health Study
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/797831486996063182/Medical-malpractice-systems-around-the-globe-examples-from-the-US-tort-liability-systemand-the-Sweden-no-fault-system
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okr.identifier.report	111974
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okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/797831486996063182/pdf/111974-WP-PUBLIC-Medical-Malpractice-Systems-around-the-Globe-MALPRACT.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Europe and Central Asia
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Health Economics & Finance
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Health Policy and Management
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Health Systems Development & Reform
okr.topic	Law and Development::Health Law
okr.topic	Industry::Health Care Services Industry
okr.unit	Human Development, Europe and Central Asia