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The million-dollar baby claims: rethinking birth injuries compensation in the digital age by Mohd Najid, Khadijah, Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie

“…However, the availability of these groundbreaking treatments and issues in life expectancy has led to an exorbitant increase in the amount of compensation demanded by these severely disabled babies to millions of dollars. The notion of restorative justice which the Malaysian tort system upholds requires that the victim be “restored as much as possible to the position prior to the incident” has often been cited as justification in procuring these inflated amount of compensation from the medical providers. …”
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The medical cost of abusive head trauma in the United States by Peterson, C., Xu, L., Florence, C., Parks, S., Miller, Ted, Barr, R., Barr, M., Steinbeigle, R.

“…The estimated total medical cost attributable to AHT in the 4 years after diagnosis was $47 952 (95% confidence interval [CI], $40 219–$55 685) per patient with AHT (2012 US dollars) and differed for commercially insured ($38 231 [95% CI, $29 898–$46 564]) and Medicaid ($56 691 [95% CI, $4290–$69 092]) patients. …”
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Projected Outcomes of Nurse-Family Partnership Home Visitation During 1996–2013, USA by Miller, Ted

“…They will eliminate the need for 4.8 million person-months of child Medicaid spending and reduce estimated spending on Medicaid, TANF, and food stamps by $3.0 billion (present values in 2010 dollars). By comparison, NFP cost roughly $1.6 billion. …”
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