malpractice insurance

collocation in English

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malpractice
noun[U]
uk
/ˌmælˈpræk.tɪs/us
/ˌmælˈpræk.tɪs/
failure to act correctly or legally when doing your job, often causing injury ...
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insurance
noun
uk
/ɪnˈʃɔː.rənsɪnˈʃʊə.rəns/us
/ɪnˈʃɜ.r.əns/
an agreement in which you pay a company money and they pay your costs if you have an accident, ...
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(Definition ofmalpracticeandinsurancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Various commentators have pondered the need for training standards, credentials, "certification" exams, andmalpracticeinsurancefor ethicists engaged in clinical consultation.
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A decrease in administrative costs might result, for example, if an organization improves its quality of care and thus reduces its premiums formalpracticeinsurance.
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Based on the assumption that open disclosure of mistakes leads to fewer lawsuits,malpracticeinsurance companies should implement strategies to promote disclosure.
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It generates costly premiums formalpracticeinsurance.
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Payouts for wanton negligence would not have been covered by the doctors'malpracticeinsurance.
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About the same time, hospital and physicians were facing escalatingmalpracticeinsurancecosts.
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According to a tort reform advocate, this legislation has resulted in a 21.3 percent decrease inmalpracticeinsurancerates.
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Given that total liability is small relative to the amount doctors pay inmalpracticeinsurancepremiums, alternative mechanisms have been proposed to reformmalpracticeinsurance.
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Malpracticeinsurancemust be carried by the registry.
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Skyrocketingmalpracticeinsuranceforced the center to close its doors with little warning to the staff and to the devastation of the community.
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Licensure is granted following successful completion of all state/provincial and national board exams so long as the chiropractor maintainsmalpracticeinsurance.
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Multiple states found that limiting pain and suffering costs has dramatically slowed increases in the cost of medicalmalpracticeinsurance.
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Wise also turned his attention to mountaintop removal practices andmalpracticeinsurancecosts during this period.
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Defensive medicine is a reaction to the rising costs ofmalpracticeinsurancepremiums and patients biases on suing for missed or delayed diagnosis or treatment but not for being overdiagnosed.
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These screens were originally developed to evaluate the feasibility of a no-fault medicalmalpracticeinsuranceplan and were never validated as a tool to improve quality of care.
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Of the legal changes proposed by tort reformers, this study found that states capping payouts and restricting non-economic damages saw an average decrease of 17.1% inmalpracticeinsurancepremiums.
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Some states allow for punitive penalty, loss of companionship, and suffering into the award, likely increasing the cost of veterinarymalpracticeinsuranceand the cost of veterinary care.
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