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That study is absurd on its face and was debunked. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-medical-errors-really-the-third-most-common-cause-of-death-in-the-u-s-20

That study is absurd on its face and was debunked. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-medical-errors-really-the-third-most-common-cause-of-death-in-the-u-s-2019-edition/ https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-medical-errors-really-t... They counted every death the involved medical care as a medical error death if any sort of imperfection at all was noticed in the case. One of their famous examples was a patient who had a stroke or something and then died "because" he wasn't adequately warned to not go for a jog during recovery, who then had another attack during a jog.

opo 6y ago
In terms of "debunking" I prefer to see a response from the original authors to make sure the people criticizing a study aren't missing something, but even assuming they are totally correct, they estimate approximately 100,000 deaths that were contributed to by adverse effects of medical treatment. We can (and should) do better than that. Part of this is that patients have to take some responsibility for their care and get second opinions, read up on the diagnosis they've been given, etc.