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80,000 Surgical 'Never Events' Charted Over 20 Years
A new Johns Hopkins study counts 80,000 "never event" surgical episodes, such as wrong sites and wrong procedures, resulting in $1.3 billion in hospital payouts in 1990-2010. The study leader believes the true number is higher.