Marshall Allen

Allen is a reporter for ProPublica. His work has been awarded the Harvard Kennedy School's 2011 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for local reporting. His health-care coverage was recognized as the best in the country in 2009 by the Association of Healthcare Journalists (AHCJ).

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One third of skilled nursing patients harmed in treatment

A study by Medicare’s inspector general of skilled nursing facilities says nearly 22,000 patients were injured and more than 1,500 died in a single month — a higher rate of medical errors than hospitals

Marshall Allen

April 4, 2014

One-in-three patients in skilled nursing facilities suffered a medication error, infection or some other type of harm related to their treatment, according to a government report released today that underscores the widespread nature of the country’s patient harm problem.

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Marshall Allen

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One third of skilled nursing patients harmed in treatment

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