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re: Medical Mistakes kill 440,000 per year in the U.S.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 9:25 am to ABearsFanNMS
Posted on 5/9/16 at 9:25 am to ABearsFanNMS
JAMA--the journal written by doctors for doctors has published numerous studies that show medical malpractice is the 3rd leading cause of death in the U.S..
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Posted on 5/12/16 at 8:53 pm to samson'sseed
I've read the articles and it does not state that malpractice is the third leading cause, it states they were from iatrogenic causes. The highest was not even errors but negative effects of drugs. So if the Coumadin that you had been on for 10 years keeping you from striking out causes a head bleed, you go on the list. Overdose on your pain pills, you go on the list.
Another Peer reviewed JAMA article on inpatient deaths due to hospital error showed that 0.5% of patients with death due to less than optimal therapy would have survived > 3 months.
Basically, I'm saying, if you get sick, a hospital is better than the witch doctor.
Do doctor make errors. Of course. Do nurses. Of course. Do people do everything a doctor says to do. Of course not.
Another Peer reviewed JAMA article on inpatient deaths due to hospital error showed that 0.5% of patients with death due to less than optimal therapy would have survived > 3 months.
Basically, I'm saying, if you get sick, a hospital is better than the witch doctor.
Do doctor make errors. Of course. Do nurses. Of course. Do people do everything a doctor says to do. Of course not.
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