QUESTION: What percent of people who die in the
United States each year die in a hospital?
ANSWER:
- Approximately 50% of people who die in
the United States each year die in a Hospital.
- The leading cause of death in United State each year in a
hospital due to the many medical errors.
- Medication error occur regularly in the hospital in United
State.
- Due to the medical mistake about 2,50,000
people in the United State die every year in a hospital.
- Medication eroor occurs due to several different types of
errors such as
- Monitoring Error
- Documenting Error
- Prescribing Error
- Dispensing Error.
- Transcribing Error etc.
- At the Prescribing stage medication error is most
common.Medication Error also include when health care provider
provide wrong dose, wrong medication etc.