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Volume 60Winter & Spring 1997Numbers 1 & 2

Medical Malpractice: External Influences and Controls

Thomas B. Metzloff and Frank A. Sloan
Special Editors


Winter Issue

Foreword Thomas B. Metzloff and Frank A. Sloan1


I. The Interaction of Medical Malpractice, Physician Discipline, and Quality Control

Development of an Early Indentification and Response Model of Malpractice Prevention Gerald B. Hickson, James W. Pichert, Charles F. Federspiel, and Ellen Wright Clayton7
Medical Discipline in the Twenty-First Century: Are Purchasers the Answer? Frances H. Miller31
A Comparative Assessment of the PIAA Data Sharing Project and the National Practitioner Data Bank: Policy, Purpose, and Application Lawrence E. Smarr59
The Effects of Malpractice Pressure and Liability Reforms on Physicians' Perceptions of Medical Care Daniel P. Kessler and Mark B. McClellan 81


II. The Effect of Medical Malpractice of Alternative Approaches to Resolving Disputes

Empirical Perspectives on Mediation and Malpractice Thomas B. Metzloff, Ralph A. Peeples, and Catherine T. Harris 107
Arbitration Agreements In Health Care: Myths and Reality Elizabeth Rolph, Erik Moller, and John E. Rolph 153
Adapting Mediation to Link Resolution of Medical Malpractice Dispute with Health Care Quality Improvement Edward A. Dauer and Leonard J. Marcus 185


Spring Issue



III. Assessing the Potential of a No-Fault System of Compensation in Medical Malpractice Disputes

Can the United States Afford a "No-Fault" System of Compensation for Medical Injury? David M. Studdert, Eric J. Thomas, Brett I.W. Zbar, Joseph P. Newhouse, Paul C. Weiler, Jonathon Bayuk, and Troyen A. Brennan 1
The Road from Medical Injury to Claims Resolution: How No-Fault and Tort Differ Frank A. Sloan, Kathryn Whetten-Goldstein, Stephen S. Entman, Elizabeth D. Kulas, and Emily M. Stout 35
Administrative Performance of "No-Fault" Compensation for Medical Injury Randall R. Bovbjerg, Frank A. Sloan, and Peter J. Rankin 71
Medical Malpractice and Managed Care Organizations: The Implied Warranty of Quality William S. Brewbaker III 117
Exterprise Liability and the Emerging Managed Health Care System William M. Sage 159