FTA: "As hard as the job is, diagnostic accuracy in the E.R. is high overall. But a recent systematic review of published research estimated that 5.7 percent of E.R. patients will have at least one diagnostic error and 2 percent have a setback as a result."
I feel like scrutinizing the industry for a 2-3% error on an obviously difficult problem is exactly why we pay so much in the United States for health care.
I feel like scrutinizing the industry for a 2-3% error on an obviously difficult problem is exactly why we pay so much in the United States for health care.