Just got this article via LinkedIn.
The article was published in mother nature network in their health section.
In short:- At least one in 20 U.S. adults, or 12 million people yearly, may be misdiagnosed when they go to see their doctors.
- Half of these diagnosis errors could lead to serious harm.
- About 5 percent of adults who visit the doctor are misdiagnosed annually.
- An estimated 0.007 percent of adults have diagnostic errors related to colon cancer, and an estimated 0.013 percent of adults have errors related to lung cancer each year.
- Delayed cancer diagnosis is believed to be one of the most harmful and costly types of diagnostic error in the outpatient setting.
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