A sentinal event can be described as an unexpected or unanticipated tragic event that occurs to a patient in a healthcare setting which results in the injury or death of the patient that is not at all related to patient illness.
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Poor quality of care to the citizens is a growing matter of concern in the field of health care. Lack of expertise of healthcare workers is one of the main reasons for many of the sentinal events that occur in hospital settings. Low quality treatments being provided to the individuals results in the reduction of overall economic value of a nation. Exorbitant costs for treatments stand as a huge obstacle for lower economic societies from seeking medical advice and treatment.
Early death of a family's single breadwinner due to lack of proper treatment for any health issue may lead to overall instability of the family and the younger members of the family might get denied of education which will finally lead to the destruction of an economicaly productive individual.
Increased number of neonatal deaths may cause permanent mental trauma to the mother as well as to the other family members. This could stand as the basic reason for the destruction of th growth of a whole family.
In addition to this, as the number of sentinal events increase in a nation, people will gradually become reluctant to seek medical treatment, scared of such tragic events.
Improper management of pandemics in the initial stages may lead to adverse effects in the community level as in the case of novel corona virus. As the level of quality of care decreases, the overall mortality and morbidity level increases exponentially, eventually affecting the overall economy of the nation, as in the case of United States.
Even though, the United States are highly advanced in the health care system, it faces the lowest life expectancy and highest suicidal rates compared to many other nations
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