People in New York who have suffered a bad medical outcome might want tougher malpractice laws. However, improving medical care appears to be outside the purview of litigation. A study that compared the risks of malpractice claims and surgical outcomes found almost no influence between legal standards and better patient care.
Prostate cancer is the third leading cause of premature death in men in one of the most developed countries – The United States, behind lung cancer and colorectal cancer. 1 out of every 39 men in the country will die of this cancer.
According to statistics, an estimated 764,000 children and adults in the United States manifest one or more of cerebral palsy symptoms. The CDC reports that roughly 10,000 infants born each year in the US hold the risk to develop cerebral palsy.
According to the Diederich Healthcare’s “2014 Medical Malpractice Payout Analysis,” medical malpractice payouts in 2013 increased to $3,733,678,100, an increase of 4.7% in 2012. Payouts in 38 states increased in 2013 compared to the payouts the previous year.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 1 million people in the United States suffer from hemochromatosis. Another statistic reveals that 1.5 million people in the country live with undiagnosed hemochromatosis, which is approximately 1 in 181 people.
