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Courtesy of TexasWatch (www.texaswatch.org)
The Real Medical Malpractice Crisis
9/25/02
44,000 - 98,000
The estimated number of hospital
patients killed each year due to medical
errors.
(Institute of Medicine, To Err is Human:
Building a Safer Health System, November,
1999)
7,400
The number of yearly deaths due to
prescription errors.
(Institute of Medicine, To Err is Human:
Building a Safer Health System, November,
1999)
$17 and $29 billion
The estimated total cost of
preventable deaths and injuries due to
hospital errors.
(Institute of Medicine, To Err is Human:
Building a Safer Health System, November,
1999)
150
Number of times surgeons operated on
the wrong body part between 1996 and 2001.
(Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Health Care Organization, December, 2001)
1 in 5
Number of incorrect drug doses given
at hospitals.
(Archives of Internal Medicine, September
2002)
1 in 5
Number of Americans reporting that
they or a family member had experienced a
medical or prescription drug error.
(The Commonwealth Fund, report April 15,
2002)
6,038
Number of medical malpractice claims
reported to Texas State Board of Medical
Examiners between January 2001 to May 2002.
(“Patients’ deaths haven’t moved
state board to act,” Dallas Morning News
July 28, 2002.)
0
Number of the 6,083 malpractice
claims filed between January 2001 and May 2002
investigated by the Texas State Board of
Medical Examiners.
(“Patients’ deaths haven’t moved
state board to act,” Dallas Morning News
July 28, 2002.)
0
Number of doctor licenses revoked
because of medical errors since 1997 by the
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.
(“Patients’ deaths haven’t moved
state board to act,” Dallas Morning News
July 28, 2002.)
.02%
Number of malpractice claims
investigated by the Texas State Board of
Medical Examiners in 1998.
(“Patients’ deaths haven’t moved
state board to act,” Dallas Morning News
July 28, 2002.)
6
Number of doctor licenses revoked by
the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners in
2002. Offenses include sexual misconduct,
misprescribing of drugs and drug abuse.
(“Patients’ deaths haven’t moved
state board to act,” Dallas Morning News
July 28, 2002.)
0
Number of doctor licenses revoked by
the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners in
2002 due to medical malpractice.
(“Patients’ deaths haven’t moved
state board to act,” Dallas Morning News
July 28, 2002.)
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