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New AHRQ Study Finds Surgical Errors Cost Nearly $1.5 Billion Annually

By Mary R. Kennedy

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Potentially preventable medical errors that occur during or after surgery may cost employers nearly $1.5 billion a year, according to new estimates by the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). In a study published in the July 28 issue of the journal Health Services Research, AHRQ's William E. Encinosa, Ph.D., and Fred J. Hellinger, Ph.D.,

Full post as published by Medical Malpractice Law News on July 29, 2008 (boomark / email).

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