Of the cases reviewed, only 47 patients filed malpractice claims.

They drive away patients who need help, and some have been magnets for malpractice claims.

But doctors are often reluctant to do so for fear of malpractice claims.

Administration officials said other proposals would help control costs from malpractice claims and litigation.

She eventually won $35,000 in damages on the malpractice claim.

The clinics will no longer have to buy private insurance to protect them against malpractice claims.

But the report said one factor in the cost of health care had been falling: malpractice claims.

A second hearing on the malpractice claim is scheduled April 11.

After his insurance company settled a malpractice claim against him in 1984, he says, "the rates just got too high."

The district has a reserve of $13 million for public liability and medical malpractice claims.