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US has the world's highest rate of medical errors

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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Jun-08-09 06:09 AM
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US has the world's highest rate of medical errors
I suspect because private insurers force so many people to change doctors every time their employment circumstances change.

http://www.pnhp.org/news/2005/november/international_su...


The US leads the world in medical error rates because private for profit insurance fragments the provider pool and forces people to change doctors all the time whenever their employment circumstances change. It doesn't matter how good Obama's electronic records system turns out to be--it can't replace a provider who has known you for a long time.
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   That's true. I wonder if anyone has ever studied what a parade of  annabanana   Jun-08-09 06:15 AM   #1 
 
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1. That's true. I wonder if anyone has ever studied what a parade of
"PCPs" does to the qualilty of healthcare?
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