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Doctors express liability worries

Quick View. May 3, 2004.

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How concerned
Very Some-what Not too Not
at all
Louisiana 62% 27% 7% 3%
Mississippi 84% 10% 3% 3%
Texas 74% 24% 2% 3%
West Virginia 76% 20% 1% 0%

An overwhelming number of physicians surveyed in four states say they are concerned about the effect of medical litigation on their practice. This is a breakdown of the survey results.


Source: "Attitudes Toward Medical Litigation, A Representative Survey Among Physicians in Key States"; March survey conducted by the Center for Survey Research & Analysis at the University of Connecticut for the American Medical Association and the American Tort Reform Assn.

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