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In France, medical errors cost 11 billion euros each year
FRANCE SOIR
In France, medical errors and hospital-acquired infections claim more lives than traffic accidents.
On April 28, the Court of Auditors released a damning report on the quality of care in the country’s 2,965 healthcare facilities. Each year, 13 million patients are affected, while 11 billion euros are spent on compensation for preventable harm. Worse still, 4,000 deaths annually are linked solely to infections contracted in hospitals.
According to the Court of Auditors, more than a third of medical errors, infections, or postoperative deaths could be prevented. In 2024, only 7,000 serious adverse events were reported, while the actual number is estimated to be 20 to 50 times higher. As the institution points out, “an object left inside a patient’s body or a medication error” remains all too common.
The costs are staggering: 22 billion euros in unnecessary or low-value care, and 11 billion euros due to operational failures. The Court is now calling for financial penalties for non-compliant facilities and enhanced training in patient safety. Furthermore, activity thresholds are too low. In France, 70 annual surgeries are sufficient to qualify for breast cancer care, compared to 150 elsewhere in Europe. On top of that, about twenty maternity wards do not meet the minimum of 300 deliveries per year.
The Court also proposes incorporating patient feedback into evaluation criteria, which are currently too focused on processes rather than concrete outcomes. The French healthcare model has been a major source of inspiration, but it is time to fundamentally reevaluate it.
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