Comments on: “4% of doctors responsible for 50% of payouts” http://overlawyered.com/2008/04/4-of-doctors-responsible-for-50-of-payouts/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:26:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: William Nuesslein http://overlawyered.com/2008/04/4-of-doctors-responsible-for-50-of-payouts/comment-page-1/#comment-11629 William Nuesslein Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:20:19 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=6113#comment-11629 I really enjoyed Ted's post on how random distributions of claiming will non-the-less lead to some concentration of effect. Ted assumes a uniform distribution of claims. If claims are concentrated by specialty, then of course there will be even more concentration of effect. There is another factor, awards are not uniform. Have 5 multi-million dollar awards, and there will be a concentration of effect to the 5 defendants. I really enjoyed Ted’s post on how random distributions of claiming will non-the-less lead to some concentration of effect. Ted assumes a uniform distribution of claims. If claims are concentrated by specialty, then of course there will be even more concentration of effect. There is another factor, awards are not uniform. Have 5 multi-million dollar awards, and there will be a concentration of effect to the 5 defendants.

]]> By: Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/2008/04/4-of-doctors-responsible-for-50-of-payouts/comment-page-1/#comment-11628 Walter Olson Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:42:12 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=6113#comment-11628 It may also be worth recalling past posts <a href="http://overlawyered.com/archives/03/apr1.html#0410b" rel="nofollow">here</a> (getting rid of docs with high claim rates means getting rid of orthopedic surgeons, obstetricians, ER docs "and everybody reading mammograms"), and <a href="http://www.overlawyered.com/2005/02/florida-neurosurgeons.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> (high payouts and suit rates for neurosurgeons in South Florida county sounds more like a generic phenomenon than one of bad apples). It may also be worth recalling past posts here (getting rid of docs with high claim rates means getting rid of orthopedic surgeons, obstetricians, ER docs “and everybody reading mammograms”), and here (high payouts and suit rates for neurosurgeons in South Florida county sounds more like a generic phenomenon than one of bad apples).

]]> By: Richard B Belzer http://overlawyered.com/2008/04/4-of-doctors-responsible-for-50-of-payouts/comment-page-1/#comment-11627 Richard B Belzer Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:36:49 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=6113#comment-11627 It's too late at night to work out the math, but the post reminds me of a famous Dilbert strip: <a href="http://mathbench.umd.edu/mod106_chisquare/page02.htm" rel="nofollow">http://mathbench.umd.edu/mod106_chisquare/page02.htm</a> It’s too late at night to work out the math, but the post reminds me of a famous Dilbert strip:

http://mathbench.umd.edu/mod106_chisquare/page02.htm

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