Preventable Hospital Deaths by the Numbers
Monday, March 17, 2014
Only cancer and heart disease kills more Americans than medical mistakes. Experts say almost half of all local emergency room visits are unnecessary, which is just one factor in rise of preventable hospital deaths in America each year.
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While the data for state and specific hospital preventable data is not reported, GoLocal discovered some alarming facts regarding preventable deaths related to hospital care.
See the statistics in the slides below
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