Nonprofit Consumer Group??Releases??First???Ever??and??Only??Nationwide Ratings??of??Surgeons??for??Patient??Outcomes,?? Based??on??Government??Data??Previously??Kept??from??the??Public
New??Website??Shows??that??Similar??Patients??Have??Three??Times??the??Risk??of??Death??or other Bad Outcomes with Some Surgeons Compared to Other Surgeons.
WASHINGTON???Preventable??medical??errors??of??various??kinds??kill??at??least??200,000??Americans??each??year,
making??this??the??third??leading??cause??of??death??in??the??United??States,??six??times??as??many??deaths??as??from??auto
accidents.??One??way??to??reduce??such??errors??is??for??consumers??to??choose??the??best??surgeons.??For??the??first
time??ever,??consumers??across??the??U.S.??today??have??access??to??ratings??of??individual??surgeons??based??on
outcomes???how??often??their??patients??die??in??hospital??or??within??90??days??of??hospital??discharge,??have??serious
complications??in??hospital,??or??need??to??be??readmitted??to??a??hospital??within??90??days??of??discharge.
The??ratings??were??
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