Replication data for: Defensive Medicine: Evidence from Military Immunity
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Michael Frakes; Jonathan Gruber
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Project Citation:
Frakes, Michael, and Gruber, Jonathan. Replication data for: Defensive Medicine: Evidence from Military Immunity. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116530V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We estimate the extent of defensive medicine by physicians, embracing the no-liability counterfactual made possible by the structure of liability rules in the Military Health System. Active-duty patients seeking treatment from military facilities cannot sue for harms resulting from negligent care, while protections are provided to dependents treated at military facilities and to all patients—active duty or not—who receive care from civilian facilities. Drawing on this variation and exploiting exogenous shocks to care location choices stemming from base-hospital closures, we find suggestive evidence that liability immunity reduces inpatient spending by 5 percent with no measurable negative effect on patient outcomes.
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JEL Classification:
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H51 National Government Expenditures and Health
H56 National Security and War
I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
H51 National Government Expenditures and Health
H56 National Security and War
I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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