Malpractice and obstetric practice: the correlation of malpractice premiums to rates of vaginal and cesarean delivery

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Apr;214(4):545-546. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.12.056. Epub 2016 Jan 6.

Authors

Clark T Johnson¹, Veena Choubey², Andrew J Satin², Erika F Werner³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, 222 Richmond Street, Providence, RI 02903.

PMID: 26767796
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.12.056

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Cesarean Section / statistics & numerical data*
Delivery, Obstetric / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Insurance, Liability / economics*
Malpractice*
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
Pregnancy
United States / epidemiology
Vital Statistics