From: The net effects of medical malpractice tort reform on health insurance losses: the Texas experience
Health Insurance Losses per Enrollee | |||||||||
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Panel A | |||||||||
Texas | New Jersey | Colorado | |||||||
Year | Mean | St. Dev. | Insurers | Mean | St. Dev. | Insurers | Mean | St. Dev. | Insurers |
2001 | 1.56 | 1.85 | 45 | 1.78 | 1.08 | 18 | 1.78 | 1.21 | 18 |
2002 | 1.53 | 1.49 | 41 | 1.45 | 1.48 | 34 | 1.99 | 1.36 | 20 |
2003 | 1.88 | 1.79 | 43 | 1.41 | 1.53 | 34 | 1.96 | 1.40 | 18 |
2004 | 1.99 | 2.09 | 39 | 1.51 | 1.75 | 34 | 2.02 | 1.47 | 18 |
2005 | 2.04 | 2.22 | 38 | 1.71 | 2.38 | 34 | 2.22 | 1.60 | 18 |
2006 | 1.99 | 2.23 | 38 | 1.39 | 1.56 | 31 | 2.33 | 1.71 | 18 |
2007 | 2.25 | 2.52 | 38 | 1.47 | 1.74 | 30 | 2.45 | 1.85 | 18 |
2008 | 2.22 | 2.62 | 37 | 1.50 | 1.82 | 30 | 2.30 | 1.97 | 16 |
2009 | 2.52 | 3.00 | 34 | 1.71 | 2.07 | 29 | 2.57 | 2.30 | 16 |
2010 | 2.10 | 2.67 | 32 | 1.72 | 2.29 | 28 | 2.53 | 2.38 | 15 |
Panel B | |||||||||
41 State Subsample | 18 State Subsample | 9 State Subsample | |||||||
Year | Mean | St. Dev. | Insurers | Mean | St. Dev. | Insurers | Mean | St. Dev. | Insurers |
2001 | 1.95 | 3.99 | 545 | 1.90 | 1.27 | 223 | 1.94 | 1.26 | 96 |
2002 | 1.87 | 1.70 | 588 | 2.02 | 1.72 | 241 | 2.07 | 1.70 | 108 |
2003 | 1.96 | 1.72 | 587 | 2.16 | 2.01 | 248 | 1.98 | 1.69 | 110 |
2004 | 2.14 | 1.89 | 554 | 2.38 | 2.17 | 234 | 2.14 | 1.79 | 103 |
2005 | 2.13 | 1.79 | 533 | 2.31 | 1.89 | 222 | 2.21 | 1.93 | 96 |
2006 | 2.30 | 1.99 | 520 | 2.57 | 2.26 | 218 | 2.53 | 2.34 | 95 |
2007 | 2.46 | 2.09 | 491 | 2.71 | 2.30 | 207 | 2.64 | 2.40 | 92 |
2008 | 2.56 | 2.27 | 483 | 2.92 | 2.57 | 205 | 2.67 | 2.45 | 89 |
2009 | 2.73 | 2.46 | 463 | 3.15 | 2.83 | 196 | 2.90 | 2.80 | 88 |
2010 | 2.76 | 2.55 | 440 | 3.19 | 2.88 | 191 | 2.97 | 2.88 | 86 |