Doctors express liability worries

Quick View. May 3, 2004.

	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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