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Oct. 22nd, 2016 at 1:34 PM
Commentary and analysis:
Are medical errors really the third most common cause of death in the US?
Get Thee to a Hospital; Don’t worry: Medical error is not actually the third leading cause of death in the U.S.
Is medical error really the third leading cause of death in the US?
Comments
I suppose there's no way of counting the number of patients who die due to 'patient error' such as not going to a doctor till it's too late, ignoring doctor's orders, and forgetting to take their medicine.
And--having worked in the profession for some years--that article did seem strange to me, because while we see errors, of course, the rate did not seem to be anywhere near as high as the authors claim.