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Statistics
- Medifile Website - 4/02
"Everyone needs
access to his/her health
records from time to
time. Too often, it's
time consuming and
inconvenient to get
them."
- Medifile Website -
4/02
One in five Americans
(22%) report that they
or a family member have
experienced a medical
error of some kind.
Nationally, this
translates into an
estimated 22.8 million
people with at least one
family member who
experienced a mistake in
a doctor's office or
hospital.
- The Commonwealth Fund,
2002
Of those experiencing a
medical mistake, 10
percent reported that
they or a family member
had gotten sicker, and
about half of those said
the problem was very
serious. Nationally,
this means that an
estimated 8.1 million
households reported a
medical mistake that was
very serious.
- The Commonwealth Fund,
2002
The new Commonwealth
Fund study suggests that
the 1999 Institute of
Medicine report, which
estimated that there are
44,000 to 98,000 deaths
annually due to medical
errors, may be the tip
of the iceberg in
determining the full
extent of injuries from
medical errors.
- The Commonwealth Fund,
2002
Based on the Institute
of Medicine's lower
estimate of 44,000
deaths annually, medical
errors rank as the
eighth leading cause of
death in the United
States higher than motor
vehicle accidents
(43,458), breast cancer
(42,297), or AIDS
(16,516).
- Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality,
2002
