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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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U.S. medical malpractice payments as a percent of overall health care costs 1991-2015

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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Release date: February 2017

Region: 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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