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Do doctors really flee certain states, avoid high-risk specialties such as neurosurgery and obstetrics, or even forgo practicing medicine as a result of ever-growing liability concerns? Can liability reforms prevent an exodus? Empirical answers to these questions are vital to informed policymaking but are sometimes lacking from the politically charged debate between doctors and lawyers. At this AEI event, two leading health economists will present new papers on the subject. Professor David Dranove of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management will present his new paper, “Has the Malpractice Crisis in Florida Really Affected Access to Care?” co-authored with Anne Gron and Andrew Sfekas. AEI adjunct scholar and Florida State University College of Law professor Jonathan Klick will present his paper, “Medmal Reform and Physicians in High-Risk Specialties.” Randy Bovbjerg of the Urban Institute and Ted Frank of AEI will respond.

The AEI Liability Project (www.liabilityproject.org) seeks to promote a better understanding of the scope and consequences of the liability crisis and to help ensure that political or legal reform efforts are aimed at the appropriate targets.