It found one in seven patients suffers harm from hospital care including infections, bed sores, and excessive bleeding from blood thinning drugs.
Another study finds one-third of U.S. patients dying of cancer end up getting costly but futile treatment in hospitals when hospice care to ease their suffering would be more appropriate.
The Dartmouth Atlas study found patients often unnecessarily receive care in ICU and invasive procedures along with last ditch treatments that are expensive and upsetting to families.
