According to the 1999 Institute of Medicine report, as many as 98,000

According to the 1999 Institute of Medicine report, as many as 98,000 deaths each year are caused by

a. Cardiovascular disease
b. Obesity
c. Medical error
d. Drug overdose

ESSAYBID ANSWER

ANS: C
In 2000, it was thought that our health care system was expensive and that access and quality were not optimal, but we had not considered this important fact: many people die of preventable medical errors in the United States.