The global burden of unsafe medical care: analytic modelling of observational studies
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...Our review identified only one rigorous study estimating the DALYs associated with VTE (72)....
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...5 billion citizens of low and middle income countries (72, 74, 75)....
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...VTE was the leading cause of hospital-related DALYs lost overall, being responsible for a full one-third (7,681) of the total of 22,644 DALYs, and VTE accounted for more DALYs lost than nosocomial pneumonia, catheter-related blood stream infections, and adverse drug events (72)....
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...(72) provides evidence that VTE causes a major burden of disease across low, middle, and high income countries....
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Cites background or methods from "The global burden of unsafe medical..."
...Our review identified only one rigorous study estimating the DALYs associated with VTE (72)....
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...5 billion citizens of low and middle income countries (72, 74, 75)....
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...VTE was the leading cause of hospital-related DALYs lost overall, being responsible for a full one-third (7,681) of the total of 22,644 DALYs, and VTE accounted for more DALYs lost than nosocomial pneumonia, catheter-related blood stream infections, and adverse drug events (72)....
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...(72) provides evidence that VTE causes a major burden of disease across low, middle, and high income countries....
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...8) in low and middle income countries (72)....
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...Indeed, estimates suggest that tens of thousands of citizens are injured, or die, due to medical errors in these countries.(5) While the lack of access to basic healthcare services in many countries remains a clear policy challenge in the context of health systems strengthening, the extent to which people face suffering due to unsafe care once accessing medical services is less obvious....
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