Lack of Quality Care Leads to Millions of Deaths Worldwide

An analysis of diseases in 130 low- and middle-income countries that lack quality healthcare showed that 8 million people die needlessly each year, costing those countries a total of about $6 trillion economically. Experts say it’s important to attach a monetary cost to the loss of human life because those numbers can provide economic incentives that spur changes in policy and healthcare investment aimed at saving lives. Health Affairs, June 2018