HBARleatherneck
12-21-2012, 11:00
http://www.childdeathreview.org/nationalchildmortalitydata.htm
doctors and medical staff kill
http://www.leanblog.org/2009/08/statistics-on-healthcare-quality-and/
Between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die each year in U.S. hospitals due to preventable medical errors (Institute Of Medicine (http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309068371), 1999).
195,000 Americans die a year due to preventable errors (HealthGrades (http://www.healthgrades.com/media/english/pdf/HG_Patient_Safety_Study_Final.pdf), 2004)
32,500 patients die as a result of preventable medical errors in U.S. hospitals. The HHS number was lower than the IOM study because it only examined deaths resulting from 18 specific types of medical injuries. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (http://www.saynotocaps.org/reports/HHSStudy.pdf), 2003)
An estimated 15,000 Medicare patients die each month in part because of care they receive in the hospital, says a government study released today - 44% of these were deemed preventable errors (Department of Health and Human Services report, 2008, via USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/healthcare/2010-11-16-medicare_N.htm?csp=34news#uslPageReturn)).
In addition (conflicting numbers for infections, too):
99,000 patients die as a result of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) each year (AHRQ (http://www.ahrq.gov/news/test040109.htm), 2009). The most common HAI agent is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (AHRQ (http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/haiflyer.htm), 2008).
90,000 die as a result of nosocomial (HAI) infections (CDC (http://www.jointcommission.org/SentinelEvents/SentinelEventAlert/sea_28.htm))
NOTE: Total deaths from errors and infections would be quoted as 99,000 plus one of the top three estimates.Hospital errors rank between the fifth and eighth leading cause of death, killing more Americans than breast cancer, traffic accidents or AIDS (IOM).Just one type of error—preventable adverse drug events—caused one out of five injuries or deaths per year to patients in the hospitals that were studied (AHRQ (http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/errors.htm), 2000).
About 7,000 people per year are estimated to die from medication errors alone—about 16 percent more deaths than the number attributable to work-related injuries (Kaiser Family Foundation (http://www.kaiseredu.org/topics_im.asp?id=137&parentID=70&imID=1)).
Investigators in a major study discovered that failures at the system level were the real culprits in over three-fourths of adverse drug events (AHRQ, 2000).
In nursing homes, infections contribute to 380,000 deaths per year, with costs reaching $2 billion. (CMS data).
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/11856.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_malpractice
Statistics show that approximately 195,000 people are killed every year by medical errors in the US.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_malpractice#cite_note-1) The study notes that about 1.14 million patient-safety incidents occurred among the 37 million hospitalizations in the Medicare population over the years 2000-2002. Hospital costs associated with such medical errors were estimated at $324 million in October 2008 alone.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_malpractice#cite_note-2)
Between 15,000 and 19,000 malpractice suits are brought against doctors each yea
drowning
http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Water-Safety/waterinjuries-factsheet.html
cars
approximately 2000 children die a year from auto accidents in the US
approximately 40,000 deaths per year from auto accidents total in the US.
doctors and medical staff kill
http://www.leanblog.org/2009/08/statistics-on-healthcare-quality-and/
Between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die each year in U.S. hospitals due to preventable medical errors (Institute Of Medicine (http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309068371), 1999).
195,000 Americans die a year due to preventable errors (HealthGrades (http://www.healthgrades.com/media/english/pdf/HG_Patient_Safety_Study_Final.pdf), 2004)
32,500 patients die as a result of preventable medical errors in U.S. hospitals. The HHS number was lower than the IOM study because it only examined deaths resulting from 18 specific types of medical injuries. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (http://www.saynotocaps.org/reports/HHSStudy.pdf), 2003)
An estimated 15,000 Medicare patients die each month in part because of care they receive in the hospital, says a government study released today - 44% of these were deemed preventable errors (Department of Health and Human Services report, 2008, via USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/healthcare/2010-11-16-medicare_N.htm?csp=34news#uslPageReturn)).
In addition (conflicting numbers for infections, too):
99,000 patients die as a result of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) each year (AHRQ (http://www.ahrq.gov/news/test040109.htm), 2009). The most common HAI agent is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (AHRQ (http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/haiflyer.htm), 2008).
90,000 die as a result of nosocomial (HAI) infections (CDC (http://www.jointcommission.org/SentinelEvents/SentinelEventAlert/sea_28.htm))
NOTE: Total deaths from errors and infections would be quoted as 99,000 plus one of the top three estimates.Hospital errors rank between the fifth and eighth leading cause of death, killing more Americans than breast cancer, traffic accidents or AIDS (IOM).Just one type of error—preventable adverse drug events—caused one out of five injuries or deaths per year to patients in the hospitals that were studied (AHRQ (http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/errors.htm), 2000).
About 7,000 people per year are estimated to die from medication errors alone—about 16 percent more deaths than the number attributable to work-related injuries (Kaiser Family Foundation (http://www.kaiseredu.org/topics_im.asp?id=137&parentID=70&imID=1)).
Investigators in a major study discovered that failures at the system level were the real culprits in over three-fourths of adverse drug events (AHRQ, 2000).
In nursing homes, infections contribute to 380,000 deaths per year, with costs reaching $2 billion. (CMS data).
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/11856.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_malpractice
Statistics show that approximately 195,000 people are killed every year by medical errors in the US.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_malpractice#cite_note-1) The study notes that about 1.14 million patient-safety incidents occurred among the 37 million hospitalizations in the Medicare population over the years 2000-2002. Hospital costs associated with such medical errors were estimated at $324 million in October 2008 alone.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_malpractice#cite_note-2)
Between 15,000 and 19,000 malpractice suits are brought against doctors each yea
drowning
http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Water-Safety/waterinjuries-factsheet.html
cars
approximately 2000 children die a year from auto accidents in the US
approximately 40,000 deaths per year from auto accidents total in the US.