Background
Johnson, William G. was born on December 20, 1934 in Camden, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Paul and Jeanne (Camus) Johnson.
("A Measure of Malpractice" tells the story and presents t...)
"A Measure of Malpractice" tells the story and presents the results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study, the largest and most comprehensive investigation ever undertaken of the performance of the medical malpractice system. The Harvard study was commissioned by the government of New York in 1968, in the midst of a malpractice crisis that had driven insurance premiums for surgeons and obstetricians in New York City to nearly $200,000 a year. The Harvard-based team of doctors, lawyers, economists, and statisticians set out to investigate what was actually happening to patients in hospitals and to doctors in courtrooms, launching a far more informed debate about the future of medical liability in the 1990s. Careful analysis of the medical records of a representative sample of 30,000 patients hospitalized in 1984 showed that approximately 1 in 25 patients suffered a disabling medical injury, one-quarter of these as a result of the negligence of a doctor or other provider. After assembling all the malpractice claims filed in New York State since 1975, the authors found that just one in eight patients who had been victims of negligence actually filed a malpractice claim, and more than two-thirds of these claims were filed by the wrong patients. The study team then interviewed injured patients in the sample to discover the actual financial loss they had experienced: the key finding was that for roughly the same dollar amount now being spent on a tort system that compensates only a handful of victims, it would be possible to fund comprehensive disability insurance for all patients significantly disabled by a medical accident. The authors, who came to the project from very different perspectives about the present malpractice system, are now in agreement about the value of a new model of medical liability. Rather than merely tinker with the current system - which fixes primary legal responsibility on individual doctors who can be proved medically negligent - legislatures should encourage health care organizations to take responsibility for the financial losses experienced by all patients injured in their care.
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Johnson, William G. was born on December 20, 1934 in Camden, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Paul and Jeanne (Camus) Johnson.
Bachelor of Science in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1956; Master of Arts in Economics, Temple University Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Rutgers University.
Partner, Atlantic Offset Svc., Inc., Camden, 1958-1963; assistant comptroller, Dupont, Philadelphia, 1963-1966; economics analyst, Svenska Kullagerfabriken Industries, Philadelphia, 1966-1967; assistant professor economics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1969-1971; assistant professor economics, Syracuse (New York) U., 1971-1975; associate professor in economics, Syracuse (New York) U., 1975-1980; professor in economics Maxwell school, Syracuse (New York) U., 1980-1990; professor in economics school health administration, Arizona State University, Tempe, since 1990. Consultant Department Industrial Accidents, State of Massachusetts, United States General Accounting Office, Washington, State of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Ontario Worker's Compensation Board, Toronto, Canada, Worker's Cmpensation Research Institute, Zenith National Insurance Corporation. Research associate Employee Benefit Research Institute.
("A Measure of Malpractice" tells the story and presents t...)
Director The Center School Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve 1956-1958. Member American Economic Association, Industrial Relations Research Association, National Academy Social Insurance.
Married Nancy Johnson, divorced. Children: Lauren, Andrea. Married Saundra Eileen Sobel, May 20, 1978.
Children: Todd, Laura.