This statistic shows the proportion of the overall health care costs in the United States that arose from medical malpractice payments from 1991 to 2015 in the United States. In 1991, such payments accounted for 0.27 percent of the overall health care costs.
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Medical malpractice payments as a percentage of overall health care costs in the U.S. from 1991 to 2015*
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This statistic shows the proportion of the overall health care costs in the United States that arose from medical malpractice payments from 1991 to 2015 in the United States. In 1991, such payments accounted for 0.27 percent of the overall health care costs.
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This statistic shows the proportion of the overall health care costs in the United States that arose from medical malpractice payments from 1991 to 2015 in the United States. In 1991, such payments accounted for 0.27 percent of the overall health care costs.
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- February 2017
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- United States
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- 1991 to 2015
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- * Malpractice payments made on behalf of doctors.
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- United States
- Survey time period
- 1991 to 2015
- Supplementary notes
- * Malpractice payments made on behalf of doctors.
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Statistics on "Physicians in the U.S."
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- Total number of doctors of medicine in the U.S. from 1949 to 2015*Total doctors of medicine in the U.S. 1949-2015
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- Inactive and not classified doctors of medicine in the U.S. from 1975 to 2015Inactive doctors of medicine in the U.S. 1975-2015
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- Active doctors of medicine in the U.S. from 1985 to 2015, by place of medical education*Active doctors of medicine in the U.S. by place of education 1985-2015
- Active physicians per 10,000 civilian population in the U.S. from 1975 to 2015*Active physicians in the U.S. 1975-2015 by age
- Physicians in patient care per 10,000 civilian population in the U.S. from 1975 to 2015*Physicians in patient care in the U.S. 1975-2015 by age
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- U.S. states
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- Compensation
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- Amount of time U.S. primary care physicians spent with each patient as of 2018
- Percentage of physicians in the U.S. that have feelings of professional burnout as of 2018
- Percentage of physicians feeling burned out in the U.S. as of 2017, by specialty
- Characteristics of U.S. physicians in 2018
- Distribution of U.S. physicians' opinions on the future of medical professions from 2012 to 2018
- Deficit in U.S. number of physicians from 2017 to 2030
- Number of medical malpractice payments made in the U.S. from 2010 to 2013, by injury type
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- Avoidable healthcare costs due to delayed treatment practice in the U.S. in 2012, by settings of care (in billion U.S. dollars)*
- Global health spending per capita in 2015 and a projection for 2040 (in U.S. dollars)*
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