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Re:Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, ... by ptaipale on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @02:47PM (#11630657)
Did this statistic control for how people select certain hospitals (where applicable)?

Obviously, if a hospital is specializing in C-sections, it will handle cases where the likelihood of having a sectino is much higher.

(Similarly, hospitals are very dangerous places if you compare the death rate in a hospital to the death rate at any other place where people stay. Of course it's mostly not because hospitals kill people, it's mostly because people go to hospital when they are sick.)

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Re:Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, ... by ComteDeLaFere on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @03:05PM (#11630813)
True, Hackensack Medical Center is actually one of the best hospitals in NJ, so I wouldn't be surprised that people who might experience complications would go there.

See http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/nj

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