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A perspective on the health care expenditures for defensive medicine

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  • Michael Osti

    (Academic Hospital Feldkirch
    Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg)

  • Johannes Steyrer

    (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

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  • Michael Osti & Johannes Steyrer, 2017. "A perspective on the health care expenditures for defensive medicine," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 18(4), pages 399-404, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eujhec:v:18:y:2017:i:4:d:10.1007_s10198-016-0848-4
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    2. Antoci, Angelo & Fiori Maccioni, Alessandro & Russu, Paolo & Sacco, Pier Luigi, 2022. "Curing is caring? Liability reforms, defensive medicine and malpractice litigation in a post-pandemic world," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
    3. Livio Garattini & Anna Padula, 2020. "Defensive medicine in Europe: a ‘full circle’?," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 21(2), pages 165-170, March.

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