Midwest Business Group

Costs have been calculated for two types of adverse events infections and drug events. If the direct cost of each infection is estimated to be 12,500, preventable infections add 6.2— 18.6 billion each year to the burden of direct health care costs (Midwest Business Group on Health, 2002). 

The Midwest Business Group on Health offers purchasers the following list of suggestions for future contract language ... 

It is estimated that at least 30 percent of all direct health care costs today are the result of poor quality and medical errors, and the percentage is increasing (Midwest Business Group on Health, 2002). Purchasers do not want to enable or promote this level of performance and are taking action to demand higher quality and greater safety from us. 

Source Midwest Business Group on Health, Reducing the Costs of Poor-Quality Care through Responsible Purchasing Leadership (Chicago Midwest Business Croup on Health, 2002), 16. Used... 

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