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Doctors Kill 250,000 Per Year

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:35 PM EST

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The U.S. health care system may contribute to poor health or death. According to Dr. Barbara Starfield of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 250,000 deaths per year are caused by medical errors, making this the third-largest cause of death in the U.S., following heart disease and cancer.

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The study shows:

106,000 Non-error, negative effects of drugs²

80,000 Infections in hospitals¹⁰

45,000 Other errors in hospitals¹⁰

12,000 Unnecessary surgery⁸

7,000 Medication errors in hospitals⁹

250,000 Total deaths per year from iatrogenic* causes

That's way more deaths than are estimated to be caused by a lack of health insurance 45,000.

http://247.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/12/3496048-study-links-45000-us-deaths-to-lack-of-insurance

Another study shows that only 17,000 children have died over the last 20 years from a lack of health insurance.

http://247.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/12/3496051-study-lack-of-insurance-may-have-caused-17000-child-deaths-over-20-years-

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