This is the title of an analysis article recently published in BMJ. Authors Martin Makery and Michael Daniel calculated that in 2013, medical errors accounted for 251,454 deaths in the US. This puts this cause of death third, behind heart disease and cancer.
Medical error is not normally included in statistics on causes of death as it is not recorded on death certificates, The authors call for better reporting and visibility around errors, which would hopefully lead to a more effective response.
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