Total of CA Health Providers' Medical Malpractice Premiums Paid in 2002: $797.5 Million
Annual Costs Resulting from Preventable Medical Errors in CA Hospitals: $2.046–$3.490 Billion
Source: Medical Malpractice Briefing Book: Challenging the Misleading Claims of the Doctors' Lobby,
Public Citizen Congress Watch, rev. August 2004
Republished with permission of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
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