U.S. Hospital Errors Continue to Rise

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U.S. Hospital Errors Continue to Rise
Tue, 04-03-2007 - 2:14pm

MONDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) -- Patient safety incidents in U.S. hospitals increased by three percent overall from 2003 to 2005, and the error gap between the nation's best- and worst-performing hospitals remained wide, a report released Monday found.


America's top rated centers had 40 percent lower rates of medical errors than the poorest-performing hospitals, the study showed.


The fourth annual HealthGrades Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study, put out by HealthGrades, an independent health care ratings company, examined over 40 million Medicare hospitalization records at almost 5,000 hospitals from 2003 to 2005.


More on this study at:


http://health.ivillage.com/mindbody/mbanger/0,,wbnews_bfwrbdpv,00.html


 

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