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A financial ouch for hospitals
Medicare won't pay for some mistakes.
Bedsores (pressure ulcers)** 10,890
Hospital-associated injuries (breaks, burns, etc.) 21,804
* 2006 data include more than catheters
** Excludes patients transferred from nursing homes, who often develop bedsores
SOURCES: Analysis by Inquirer staff writer Josh Goldstein of data from New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties) and Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties)
Contact staff writer Josh Goldstein at 215-854-4733 or jgoldstein@phillynews.com.
