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Muertes iatrogénicas en los Estados Unidos

9 Sep

Una razón más para la homeopatía.

The number one cause of unnecessary death in the United States, called Iatrogenic deaths (783,986) is shown in the table below, re-printed bypermission of the authors:

Condition Deaths Cost Author
Hospital ADR 106,000 $12 billion Lazarou1 Suh49
Medical error 98,000 $2 billion IOM6
Bedsores 115,000 $55 billion Xakellis7 Barczak8
Infection 88,000 $5 billion Weinstein9 MMWR10
Malnutrition 108,800 ——– Nurses Coalition11
Outpatient ADR 199,000 $77 billion Starfield12 Weingart112
Unnecessary Procedures 37,136 $122 billion HCUP3,13
Surgery-Related 32,000 $9 billion AHRQ85
TOTAL 783,936 $282 billion

The number two cause of unnecessary death in the United States is Heart Disease. Statistics show «The 2001 heart disease annual death rate is699,697

The number three cause of unnecessary death in the United States is Cancer. Statistics show «the annual cancer death rate, 553,251

The total number of known unnecessary deaths, per year, directly due to the American Medical System is 2,036,884.