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I can think of 250,000 people in the United States alone who died last year because they sought proper medical care but died because of medical mistakes and bad
by Xeoncross 9y ago
I can think of 250,000 people in the United States alone who died last year because they sought proper medical care but died because of medical mistakes and bad prescriptions. In addition there were those that were harmed, but not fatally (of whom I know several).
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_suggests_medical_errors_now_third_leading_cause_of_death_in_the_us https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_su...
- Retric 9y agoThat's a very misleading statistic, many of these people might have lived with the best possible care but would have still died without treatment. Heathy people rarely seek major surgery for example.
- numismatex 9y agoWealthy people are those who do, for example.
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- baddox 9y agoI think both examples need to provide a denominator.