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The Zhan & Miller study in 2003 supported the IOM's conclusion of ~98k deaths due to medical errors. The 200k number you quoted earlier was "found" by a study
by teej 17y ago
The Zhan & Miller study in 2003 supported the IOM's conclusion of ~98k deaths due to medical errors. The 200k number you quoted earlier was "found" by a study by some random website and was not published in any medical journal.
Not to downplay the severity of the issue, but there is a big difference between 100k and 200k lives.
- cakesy 17y agoReally, in what way? How much less should we spend to fix this problem if there is only 100,00 deaths? I feel car deaths are much worse. Most hospital deaths affect people who are already sick, and elderly, whereas car deaths can hit anyone at anytime.