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The real trouble with American health care? Our doctors kinda suck
At least one in 20 American adults is misdiagnosed each year, according to a study of primary care and cancer patients published Wednesday in BMJ.
That works out to about 12 million people being told annually that something is wrong with them that isn't, researchers from the VA Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety and University of Texas at Houston say. And based on previous studies, researchers concluded that roughly half of those misdiagnoses have the potential to harm a patient.
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Study: 12 million US adults are misdiagnosed each year - Vox
The real trouble with American health care? Our doctors kinda suck
At least one in 20 American adults is misdiagnosed each year, according to a study of primary care and cancer patients published Wednesday in BMJ.
That works out to about 12 million people being told annually that something is wrong with them that isn't, researchers from the VA Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety and University of Texas at Houston say. And based on previous studies, researchers concluded that roughly half of those misdiagnoses have the potential to harm a patient.
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Study: 12 million US adults are misdiagnosed each year - Vox
