Table 2.

Payment Characteristics of States With and Without Total Damage Caps, 1999–2001

StatesPayments per 1,000 Physicians* No.Payments per 100,000 Population No.Average Malpractice Payment ($)Payment per Physician ($)Payment per Person§ ($)
*Number of payments per 1,000 practicing physicians in those states (AMA 2000 Masterfile).
†Number of payments per general population in those states (2000 Census Bureau Data).
‡ Total payment dollar amount per number of practicing physicians in those states (AMA 2000 Masterfile).
§ Total payment dollar amount per general population in those states (2000 Census Bureau).
States with total caps (n = 7)
    Median60.1312.80190,174.6210,833.5620.95
    Mean60.5812.86196,495.3411,504.6924.38
States without total caps (n = 44)
    Median55.0612.74248,349.2713,629.1030.55
    Mean61.0514.40265,554.5015,501.7838.73
P value for mean differences.958.451.001.015.006