A report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) finds that 29 percent of patients sent to a medical facility to recover after a stroke, surgery, or injury are further harmed by a mistake in care, such as a medication error, bedsore or infection.
The report can be accessed at https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-14-00110.pdf