This is a very long list . . . I just snipped a portion:
http://healthnews.mccoypress.net/2009/08/23/health-care-by-the-numbers--part-ii.aspx?ref=rssU.S. Health Care By the Numbers
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The Institute of Medicine states medical errors account for at least 100,000 deaths per year.Others such as Null
et al have been more critical asserting that:
The number of unnecessary medical and surgical procedures performed annually is 7.5 million.
The number of people exposed to unnecessary hospitalization annually is 8.9 million.
The total number of iatrogenic deaths is 783,936 annuallyLeape of Harvard estimated that in the United States 180,000 people die each year as a result of iatrogenic injury. The equivalent of three jumbo-jet crashes every two days.
195,000 people die each year in hospitals due to preventable errors
Other Estimates range from 225,000 – 284,000 deaths
One million error related non fatal injuries yearly
Negligence or errors in diagnosis account for 30-40% of malpractice payments
18 types of errors account for 32,600 deaths and $9.3 Billion in extra costs
Preventable drug related errors in OP’s cost $77 billion yearly
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"iatrogenic" is defined as:
A disease, illness, or death due to the action of a physician or a therapy the doctor prescribed.
Hospitals are dangerous places to be. Trusting the Torygraph is even more dangerous. It is owned by meglomaniacal twin brothers who have (among other things) spent years trying to turn the island of Sark into their personal fiefdom - and when that failed (by vote of the population in 2008) attempted to destroy the tiny economy by shutting down the businesses they had bought up, putting a quarter of the population out of work. As of late last year, they were still trying - by dint of subterfuge and threat - to gain economic control of the majority of the island, undoubtedly to force their will on it's residents.
yerg.