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Medical Error is the Third Leading Cause of Death

May 12, 2016

Medical malpractice is the third leading cause of death in the United States.

Medical Error is the Third Leading Cause of Death

The Facts:

• 440,000 patients die every year from preventable medical errors. 
• Preventable medical errors cost our country tens of billions of dollars a year. 
• One in three patients who are admitted to the hospital will experience a medical error. 
• Studies of wrong site, wrong surgery, wrong patient procedures show that “never events” are happening at an alarming rate of up to 40 times per week in U.S. hospitals. 
• Researchers at Harvard University found that 97 percent of medical malpractice cases were meritorious, concluding, “Portraits of a malpractice system that is stricken with frivolous litigation are overblown.” 

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