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July 18, 2005
Hospital Infections Tallied $2 Billion in Pennsylvania Last Year
A new report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council quantifies the painfully obvious -- medical mistakes cost a LOT of money. Pennsylvania began a pilot program last year to evaluate the cost of hospital-acquired infections, as well as the outcome of establishing quality and reporting protocols.
What did they learn? Nearly 12,000 Pennsylvanians contracted infections during a hospital stay in 2004, costing an extra $2 billion in care and at least 1,500 preventable deaths.
Posted by WorkerBee at July 18, 2005 10:17 AM