The prevalence and costs of defensive medicine among orthopaedic trauma surgeons: a national survey study. | Vanderbilt Orthopaedic Institute Center for Health Policy

Sathiyakumar V, Jahangir AA, Mir HR, Obremskey WT, Lee YM, Apfeld JC, Sethi MK. The prevalence and costs of defensive medicine among orthopaedic trauma surgeons: a national survey study. Journal of orthopaedic trauma. 2013 Oct;27(27). 592-7. PMID: 23542744 [PubMed]

Abstract

Defensive medicine includes medical practices that exonerate physicians from liability without benefit to patients. The national prevalence of defensive medicine in orthopaedic trauma surgery has not been investigated.