Medical errors: mandatory reporting, voluntary reporting, or both?

Sverre Grepperud

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Medical errors: mandatory reporting, voluntary reporting, or both?

August 10, 2005

Grepperud S. European Journal of Law and Economics. 2005;20(1).

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The author analyzes the reporting process recommended in To Err Is Human. He suggests that this process will result in underreporting and provides a model for analyzing reporting incentives.

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