Mean Annual Premiums by Specialty for States With and Without Hard or Soft Noneconomic Caps, 2000
| P Values† | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specialty | States With Hard Noneconomic Caps* (n = 12) $ | States With Soft Noneconomic Caps* (n = 8) $ | States Without Noneconomic Caps (n = 31) $ | Hard vs Soft Caps | Hard vs No Caps |
| Note: P values for soft vs no caps >.1. | |||||
| * Hard caps = caps without any exceptions; soft caps = caps with exceptions. | |||||
| † Mann-Whitney U test for hard vs soft caps and hard vs no caps. | |||||
| Internal medicine | 5,814.75 | 7,432.00 | 7,421.74 | .157 | .430 |
| General surgery | 20,653.08 | 25,304.50 | 24,092.16 | .157 | .446 |
| Obstetrics | 30,283.75 | 45,740.88 | 42,171.97 | .039 | .081 |