4sight Health February 18, 2025
Medical injuries are the third leading cause of death in the United States. The importance of this underrecognized and upsetting fact receives little attention in the lay literature. Typically, medical injuries are combined with accidents and labeled “unintentional injuries.” Thus, heart disease and cancer, as first and second respectively, take our focus away from the third most common, noxious and avoidable cause of harm and death.
“One study reported that approximately 400,000 hospitalized patients experience preventable harm each year, while another estimated that less than 200,000 patient deaths annually were due to preventable medical errors. Moreover, the reported cost of medical errors is wide-ranging, with some experts estimating $20 billion each year and others approximating healthcare costs of $35.7 to...
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