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Top medical researchers are sounding the alarm that an estimated 795,000 American patients continue to die or become permanently disabled each year because they are being diagnosed with the wrong conditions.
For years, the public hasn't known much about the full scope of medical misdiagnoses that happen in the U.S., according to a new report released by theJohns Hopkins Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence. Until now, estimates of annual incorrect diagnoses have varied widely, the report says.
Now, researchers say an estimated 371,000 patients die and 424,000 are permanently disabled each year because they are incorrectly diagnosed across a range of medical care settings — not just in the family doctor's office.
For years, the public hasn't known much about the full scope of medical misdiagnoses that happen in the U.S., according to a new report released by theJohns Hopkins Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence. Until now, estimates of annual incorrect diagnoses have varied widely, the report says.
Now, researchers say an estimated 371,000 patients die and 424,000 are permanently disabled each year because they are incorrectly diagnosed across a range of medical care settings — not just in the family doctor's office.
795,000 Americans a year die or are permanently disabled after being misdiagnosed
Doctors at Johns Hopkins University are sounding the alarm in a new report on Americans being diagnosed with the wrong conditions.
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