Research Brief
Binding Arbitration is Not Frequently Used to Resolve Health Care Disputes
Sought to provide evidence illuminating the questions of prevalence and factors leading to adoption in a study of practices in California.
Jan 1, 1999
In the legal field, conflict resolution and alternative dispute resolution are strategies to bring two or more parties to an amicable agreement outside the courthouse setting, such as via mediation and arbitration. RAND has researched dispute resolution since the early 1980s, beginning with medical malpractice and continuing with a focus on state, appellate, and federal court–ordered arbitration in mass torts, personal injury law suits, and the banking industry.