According to reports, hospital errors have also become the second leading cause of death in Brazil, second only to cardiovascular diseases (950 deaths per day on average), and more than the sum of deaths from cancer (480 to 520 deaths per day), violence (0/64 deaths per day) and traffic accidents (0/29 deaths per day).
"No health system is impeccable, even the most advanced hospitals can't avoid mistakes, and medical mistakes will occur in other parts of the world. But the difference is that information in Brazil is very opaque, so it is difficult to deal with this problem, "said Lei Natuo, a professor at UFMG. Cotto said.
In addition to death, medical errors will also bring other follow-up problems, including increasing nursing costs and bringing psychological troubles to patients. According to the report, it is estimated that in 20 16 years, the funds wasted due to medical errors in areas with supplementary medical insurance will reach/kloc-0.09 billion Brazilian reais.
The data shows that in 2065, the number of inpatients in Brazil was 1.9 1.4 million, of which 1.4 million were victims of medical errors, including drug misuse, improper use of equipment and medical infection. Most of the victims were patients over 60 years old or newborns under 28 days old, and the proportion of medical infection was 9.7%.
The report also compares the number of deaths due to medical errors in the United States, that is, an average of 1096 deaths per day. Louis, executive director of IESS? Augusto? Nei Lu said: "It is shocking that the number of deaths due to medical errors in Brazil is not much different from that in the United States, but the population in the United States is 55% more than ours."