{"id":803,"date":"2016-05-25T07:25:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T12:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illinoisinjurylawyerblog.net\/?p=803"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:40:08","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:40:08","slug":"medical-errors-thought-third-leading-cause-death-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/medical-errors-thought-third-leading-cause-death-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Errors Thought to Be Third-Leading Cause of Death in United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone has heard stories about a doctor operating on the wrong leg or giving someone the wrong dosage of a drug. These are just some examples of medical errors that occur every day in this country. Those types of mistakes can be the basis for a medical malpractice claim.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Medical Errors May Be\u00a0Third-Leading Cause of Death in United States<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Doctors have known for a long time that medical errors are prevalent. However, it is not a popular topic of discussion in the medical community, and no one knew how often they actually occurred. A recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/to-your-health\/wp\/2016\/05\/03\/researchers-medical-errors-now-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a>\u00a0looked into the issue and found that medical errors might now be the third-leading cause of death in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The study estimated that if medical errors were accurately documented, they would account for 251,000 deaths per year. That comes out to 700 deaths per day, or about 9.5% of all deaths annually in the United States. This would put medical errors below only heart disease and cancer, and account for more deaths than those resulting from respiratory disease, accidents, and stroke.<\/p>\n<p>The prevalence of medical errors\u00a0had not been apparent for a long time because of the way deaths are recorded. The Centers for Disease Control uses a coding system that does not record common medical errors like communication breakdowns and diagnostic errors. The coding system counts only the \u201cunderlying cause of death,\u201d which is the condition that led the person to seek medical treatment. However, the growing awareness in the medical community pushed researchers to find out more. Researchers noted that some errors result from careless medical providers, but others result from communication breakdowns, which can occur when a patient gets transferred from one facility to another.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/medical-errors-thought-third-leading-cause-death-united-states\/#more-803\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone has heard stories about a doctor operating on the wrong leg or giving someone the wrong dosage of a drug. These are just some examples of medical errors that occur every day in this country. Those types of mistakes can be the basis for a medical malpractice claim. 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