What is Medical misadventure?
What is Medical misadventure?
- Medical misadventure: When a medical procedure does not go as planned.
Medical misadventure: Introduction
Types of Medical misadventure:
Types of Medical misadventure:
Broader types of Medical misadventure:
How many people get Medical misadventure?
Incidence (annual) of Medical misadventure: 1.14 million total patient safety incidents occurred among 37 million hospitalisations in the US 2000-02 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
Incidence Rate of Medical misadventure: approx 1 in 238 or 0.42% or 1.1 million people in USA [about data]
How serious is Medical misadventure?
Deaths for Medical misadventure: 98,000 preventable deaths from medical errors annually in America (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
Cause of death rank for Medical misadventure: 6th leading cause of death in the US (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
How is it treated?
Treatments for Medical misadventure:
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Research for Medical misadventure:
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Society issues for Medical misadventure
Costs of Medical misadventure: $17 to $29 billion per year (Institute of Medicine report).
Cost statistics for Medical misadventure:
The following are statistics from various sources about costs and Medical misadventure:
- $2.85 billion is spent on medical errors annually in America (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
- $463.13 million in excess cost for accidental puncture or laceration was attributable to patient safety incidents in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
- $258.33 million in excess cost for post-operative haemorrhage or hematoma was attributable to patient safety incidents in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
- $17.25 million in excess cost for foreign bodies left in during a procedure was attributable to patient safety incidents in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
- $1.88 million in excess cost for complications of anaesthesia was attributable to patient safety incidents in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
- $183.64 million in excess cost for post-operative physiologic and metabolic derangements was attributable to patient safety incidents in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
- $1.4 million spent on post-operative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis annually in America 2000-02 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
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Hospitalization statistics for Medical misadventure:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Medical misadventure:
- 0.99% (126,182) of hospital episodes were for complications of surgical and medical care in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 87% of hospital consultations for complications of surgical and medical care required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 50% of hospital episodes for complications of surgical and medical care were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 50% of hospital episodes for complications of surgical and medical care were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 58% of hospital admissions for complications of surgical and medical care required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 8.8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for complications of surgical and medical care in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Medical misadventure
Main name of condition: Medical misadventure
Other names or spellings for Medical misadventure:
Medical errors, Medical mistakes
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