Hepatitis C is associated with perturbation of intrahepatic myeloid and plasmacytoid dendritic cell function

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• 作者：Wai Kwan Lai ; Stuart M. Curbishley ; Sarah Goddard ; Edward Alabraba ; Jean Shaw ; Janine Youster ; Jane McKeating ; David H. Adams
• 关键词：Human ; Dendritic cells ; HCV
• 刊名：Journal of Hepatology
• 出版年：2007
• 出版时间：September 2007
• 年：2007
• 卷：47
• 期：3
• 页码：338-347
• 全文大小：1091 K

文摘

We test for effects of tort liability on the use of certain diagnostic procedures, where the health care providers’ expected cost of litigation is proxied by the risk-sharing arrangements agreed with their insurers. 2SLS and GMM estimators are adopted to test for possible endogeneity of these risk-sharing arrangements. Our findings are consistent with the exercise of liability-induced discretion by hospitals, especially regarding use of costly diagnostic imaging procedures. Hospitals facing higher expected costs per claim as a consequence of higher deductibles used these tests more frequently, after controlling for activity levels and casemix. These results are consistent with hospitals reacting to the incentives provided by a clinical negligence compensation system.