Costs of preventable harm could pay for thousands of nurses, BMJ study finds

Abstract

Preventable harm affects around one in 20 patients (6%) in medical care, with around 12% of those dying or becoming permanently disabled as a result, a systematic review and meta-analysis published in The BMJ has found.1\n\nThe review of 70 studies conducted mainly in the US and Europe showed that the harm mostly related to drug incidents and invasive procedures and was more common in …