Benor D
Public Health Division, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20857, USA.
Public Health Rep. 1995 May-Jun;110(3):357-60.
Based on a claims experience that was extremely low and malpractice insurance rates that remained at "commercial" rates, the Congress concluded in 1992 that coverage of malpractice actions against these grantees and their health care practitioners would be more cost-effective under the Federal Tort Claims Act. This, in turn, would allow the grantees to apply the savings to providing health services to their beneficiaries. The lawmakers thereupon enacted a 3-year experiment in coverage of malpractice actions involving certain Public Health Service grantees. This article describes the background, structure, and administration of this statutory experiment.
基于极低的索赔经验以及维持在“商业”费率水平的医疗事故保险费率,国会于1992年得出结论,根据《联邦侵权索赔法》,针对这些受赠者及其医疗保健从业者的医疗事故诉讼保险将更具成本效益。反过来,这将使受赠者能够将节省下来的资金用于为其受益人提供医疗服务。立法者随后针对涉及某些公共卫生服务受赠者的医疗事故诉讼保险进行了为期三年的试验。本文描述了这一法定试验的背景、结构和管理情况。