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  • An Interview with Susan Dentzer
    hospitals, and identifying that those costs are $17 billion per year, judging from claims data. This ... which are associated with these avoidable errors—$17 billion. It’s not chicken feed. It’s obviously money ...

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    • Authors: Mary Kindel Van der Heijde, Douglas Norris
    • Date: Oct 2011
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Health & Disability>Health care
  • To Err is Human, To Estimate is Actuarial
    To Err is Human, To Estimate is Actuarial Realizing the impact of medical errors on the U.S. ... the vast majority identified (about 87per- cent or $17 billion) was a direct increase in the medical costs ...

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    • Authors: Steven Siegel
    • Date: Sep 2010
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Economics>Health economics; Experience Studies & Data; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining