Laparoscopic Colectomy Cooper M, et al., BMJ 2014. 210,000 deaths - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Laparoscopic Colectomy Cooper M, et al., BMJ 2014.

210,000 deaths

Causes of Death in the U.S. 1. Heart disease 597,689 2. Cancer 574,743 3. Variation 210,000 4. Respiratory diseases 138,080 Makary MA, Daniel M. Medical Error: The third leading cause of death in the U.S. , Johns Hopkins University, 2015

What percent of Medical Care is Unnecessary? % Respondents Lyu H et al, Unpublished data, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Likelihood of complications by surgeon (N=92) 10 O/E ratio 5 O/E = 3 O/E = 2 O/E = 1 0 XuT, et al. AGA 2015

Cuts Per Patient 600 500 400 Frequency 300 200 100 0 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4 4.2 4.4 4.6 More Mean Number of Stages/Case Courtesy: John Albertini and Joe Francis, Am Coll Mohs Surgeons

Daniel M, et al. The Orphan Drug Act: Restoring it’s mission to rare diseases. Am Jour Clin Oncol. 2015;in press

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