Table 2.

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

States	Payments per 1,000 Physicians* No.	Payments per 100,000 Population† No.	Average Malpractice Payment ($)	Payment per Physician‡ ($)	Payment per Person§ ($)
States with total caps (n = 7)
Median	60.13	12.80	190,174.62	10,833.56	20.95
Mean	60.58	12.86	196,495.34	11,504.69	24.38
States without total caps (n = 44)
Median	55.06	12.74	248,349.27	13,629.10	30.55
Mean	61.05	14.40	265,554.50	15,501.78	38.73
P value for mean differences	.958	.451	.001	.015	.006

*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).