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Article Excerpt
Hospital-acquired infection rates worsened by about 20 percent from 2000 to 2003, accounted for 9,552 deaths, and cost $2.6 billion dollars, according to a recent study of Medicare patients by HealthGrades, Inc., a Colorado-based company that rates health-care quality. Although overall mortality declined, patients experienced more medical errors and infections.
HealthGrades examined 13 possible medical incidents,...
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