Chet Day Reading this page signifies your understanding of my disclaimer . During 1999 mainstream institutions revealed that one of the biggest killers in the U.S. is medical mistakes.
Hospitals have few incentives to monitor infection rates among their patients.
Various remedies are being considered. Thus medical mistakes qualify as a major public health problem. The report describes two studies that found rates of death due to medical mistakes that far exceed 1 in 500. A second study looked at 1047 patients admitted to two intensive care units and one surgical unit in a large teaching hospital. The problem seems to be getting worse as doctors prescribe more drugs.