Thursday, April 24, 2014

According to a recent study,

the frequency of diagnostic errors in the U.S. adult population is 5.08%, or roughly 12 million persons annually. Source: "The frequency of diagnostic errors in outpatient care: estimations from three large observational studies involving US adult populations," BMJ Quality and Safety, abstract only, April 17, 2014, http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/early/2014/04/04/bmjqs-2013-002627.abstract?sid=90fdcc67-8504-42f4-8eb7-31499a34bf77

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