Contrary to one of the concluding statements in the final episode, medical error is not the third leading cause of death in the United States. The idea originated in the British Medical Journal in 2016 from meta-analysis, that is combining a small number of studies done in populations that were not meant to be representative of the entire U.S. population and that were not designed to prove a link between a medical error and death. Better data and a comprehensive study of this serious matter is still needed.
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05-03-2025 alle ore 09:04