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Table 6 Descriptive statistics defensive treatment and liability risk

From: Does patient behaviour drive physicians to practice defensive medicine? Evidence from a video experiment

 

Non-Critical Patient (1)

Critical Patient (2)

(1) Defensive Treatment

0.30* (0.04)

0.39* (0.04)

(2) Liability Risk

0.27*** (0.03)

0.72*** (0.04)

N

169

159

  1. Cells contain means and (standard errors). *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1