MEDICAL ERRORS CAUSE……..
- 116,000,000 extra doctor visits
- 77,000,000 extra prescriptions
- 17,000,000 extra E.R. visits
- 8,000,000 extra hospitalizations
- 3,000,000 extra long term admissions
- 199,000 extra deaths
- $77,000,000,000 in extra costs
~Western Journal of Medicine 06/2000
