title: Hospital patient safety incidents account for $6 billion in extra costs annually.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Levenson
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000191:economics; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare; D018803:Models, Economic; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000191:economics; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000191:economics; D012449:Safety / Q000191:economics*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States