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INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF LAW AND ECONOMICS
Volume 42, Issue -, Pages 203-218Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2015.02.002
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Does state tort reform affect physician supply? Tort reformers certainly believe so. Before Texas adopted tort reform in 2003, proponents claimed that physicians were deserting Texas in droves. After tort reform was enacted, proponents claimed there had been a dramatic increase in physicians moving to Texas due to the improved liability climate. We find no evidence to support either claim. Physician supply was not measurably stunted prior to reform, and it did not measurably improve after reform. This is true for all patient care physicians in Texas, high-malpractice-risk specialties, primary care physicians, and rural physicians. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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