"Rethinking Responsibility for Patient Injury: Accelerated-Compensation" by Laurence R. Tancredi and Randall R. Bovbjerg

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Article Title

Rethinking Responsibility for Patient Injury: Accelerated-Compensation Events, a Malpractice and Quality Reform Ripe for a Test

Authors

Laurence R. Tancredi
Randall R. Bovbjerg

Abstract

The accelerated-compensation events (ACE) approach in medical malpractice reform was studied. Reforms based on ACE best address the twin goals of making compensation more equitable and avoiding bad outcomes in medical care.

Citation

Laurence R. Tancredi & Randall R. Bovbjerg, Rethinking Responsibility for Patient Injury: Accelerated-Compensation Events, a Malpractice and Quality Reform Ripe for a Test, 54 Law and Contemporary Problems 147-177 (Spring 1991)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol54/iss2/7