Predicting the outcome of malpractice lawsuits

Project Details

Term: 

2005

Students: 

Andrea Chod, David Hofberg, John Jepsen, Christine Nguyen, Eric Zirofsky

University: 

UMD

Presentation: 

Judgment or settlement is an important consideration for professional reputation of doctors in malpractice lawsuits.

The project aim is to build a model for predicting the outcome of a malpractice suit: whether it will result in a settlement or judgment, using data from the National Practitioner Data Bank

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