The true cost of medical errors

Martin Makary, a cancer surgeon and professor of health policy and management at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has recently asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to correct its records and list medical errors as the third most common cause of death in the United States, after heart disease and cancer. Currently, chronic lower respiratory disease holds the third spot. Makary examined …

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