Most U.S. docs face malpractice suits but few pay

By Agence France-Presse
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 -- 8:12 pm

WASHINGTON — More than three in four US doctors will face a malpractice suit at some point in their careers, but cash is paid in only about 20 percent of cases, said a US study released Wednesday.

The analysis by researchers at several major US medical schools and the RAND Corporation, a nonrofit research group, was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.