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Editorial Staff

Tragic Mistakes

According to an article in USA Today1, the "annual toll of medical harm" is:

  • 1.3 million injuries
  • 180,000 deaths
  • $50 million total costs
  • $14 billion uncompensated costs

As this is the "annual toll," one has to question the overall risk and cost of many medical procedures. It would be quite enlightening for the public to have access to the risk factors of all forms of medical care as compared to chiropractic care BEFORE they make their health care decisions.

Reference

1. Levy, D. Helping hospitals learn from tragic mistakes. USA Today, November 5, 1996.

January 1997
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