This statistic shows the proportion of the overall health care costs in the United States that arose from medical malpractice payments from 1991 to 2015 in the United States. In 1991, such payments accounted for 0.27 percent of the overall health care costs.
Medical malpractice payments as a percentage of overall health care costs in the U.S. from 1991 to 2015*
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Public Citizen. (February 22, 2017). Medical malpractice payments as a percentage of overall health care costs in the U.S. from 1991 to 2015* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/197283/health-care-costs-from-medical-malpractice-payments-in-the-us/
Public Citizen. "Medical malpractice payments as a percentage of overall health care costs in the U.S. from 1991 to 2015*." Chart. February 22, 2017. Statista. Accessed November 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/197283/health-care-costs-from-medical-malpractice-payments-in-the-us/
Public Citizen. (2017). Medical malpractice payments as a percentage of overall health care costs in the U.S. from 1991 to 2015*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/197283/health-care-costs-from-medical-malpractice-payments-in-the-us/
Public Citizen. "Medical Malpractice Payments as a Percentage of Overall Health Care Costs in The U.S. from 1991 to 2015*." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Feb 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/197283/health-care-costs-from-medical-malpractice-payments-in-the-us/
Public Citizen, Medical malpractice payments as a percentage of overall health care costs in the U.S. from 1991 to 2015* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/197283/health-care-costs-from-medical-malpractice-payments-in-the-us/ (last visited November 16, 2024)
Medical malpractice payments as a percentage of overall health care costs in the U.S. from 1991 to 2015* [Graph], Public Citizen, February 22, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/197283/health-care-costs-from-medical-malpractice-payments-in-the-us/
