Study- Doctors stopping high-risk procedures due to insurance

Sunday, January 26, 2003

ATLANTA -- Nearly one in five Georgia doctors are abandoning high-risk medical procedures, including delivering babies, and hundreds more are leaving the state or retiring because of high medical malpractice insurance rates, according to a study released Saturday.

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