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Bare bones. As the cost of malpractice insurance skyrockets, doctors, hospitals and patients suffer.

Maureen Glabman

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Abstract

Spiraling malpractice premiums are leaving physicians with few and difficult choices: stop performing risky procedures, leave their states, or "go bare"--that is, practice without insurance. See how hospitals are facing this serious problem nationwide.

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Spiraling malpractice premiums are leaving physicians with few and difficult choices: stop performing risky procedures, leave their states, or "go bare"--that is, practice without insurance. See how hospitals are facing this serious problem nationwide.

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Spiraling malpractice premiums are leaving physicians with few and difficult choices: stop performing risky procedures, leave their states, or "go bare"--that is, practice without insurance. See how hospitals are facing this serious problem nationwide.

Key concepts: Malpractice insurance, Malpractice, Actuarial science, Business, Liability insurance, Medicine, Medical emergency, Family medicine

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