Medical Error - Iatrogenic Illness

• 1988 Rand Corporation -

  • 25%, heart, stroke, pneumonia deaths

• 1991 Time Corp-

  • 80,000/yr = 2x annual auto deaths

• 1994 JAMA, 272:1851-1857 - Leape, et al

  • 180,000 deaths per yr

• 1997 Harris Poll - 100 milllion have or know someone who has

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