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Article: Surgical errors cost nearly $1.5 billion annually.(DATA BANK)(Brief article)
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- Nursing Economics
- Article date:
- November 1, 2008
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Potentially preventable medical errors that occur during or after surgery may cost employers nearly $1.5 billion a year, according to new estimates by researchers William E. Encinosa, PhD, and Fred J. Hellinger, PhD. of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The researchers found that insurers paid an additional $28,218 (52% more) and an additional $19,480 (48% more) for surgery patients who experienced acute respiratory failure or postoperative infections, respectively, compared with patients who did not experience either error.
The study ...