Health Policy Materials

CDC - Syndromic Surveillance: Reports from a National Conference, 2003

Legislative Auditor's Report on the Virginia Birth-related Neurological Injury Compensation Program, 2003 / Summary - original link.

Legislative Audit Report on the Florida and Virginia Birth-related Neurological Injury Compensation Program

Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment: Number 43. AHRQ Publication No. 01-E058, July 2001. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/ptsafety/

U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, Defensive Medicine and Medical Malpractice, OTA-H--6O2 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, July 1994).

GAO - MEDICARE CMS Needs Additional Authority to Adequately Oversee Patient Safety in Hospitals GAO-04-850, July 2004

GAO - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE Implications of Rising Premiums on Access to Health Care GAO-03-836, August 2003

GAO - Testimony - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE Multiple Factors Have Contributed to Premium Rate Increases, GAO-04-128T, October 1, 2003

U.S. Congress, Office of the Technology Assessment, Impact of Legal Reforms on Medical Malpractice Costs, OTA-BP-H-1 19 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, October 1993).

GAO - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE Multiple Factors Have Contributed to Increased Premium Rates, GAO-03-702, June 2003

GAO - Medical Malpractice: Maine's Use of Practice Guidelines to Reduce Costs, HRD-94-8, October 1993 - Warning - Big Image File

GAO - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - Experience with Efforts to Address Problems, Statement of Lawrence H. Thompson Assistant Comptroller General Human Resources Division, T-HRD-93-24, May 20,1993

Office of Technology Assessment: Do Medicaid and Medicare Patients Sue More Often Than Other Patients? September 1992 NTIS order #PB93-176972

GAO - Medical Malpractice: Alternatives to Litigation. HRD-92-28. October 1992

GAO - Practitioner Data Bank: Information on Small Medical Malpractice Payments, MTEC-92-56, August 1992