Pharmacy Malpractice Statistics

• Over 1.3 million people are injured each year because of medication errors.
• Medication errors cost in excess of $29 billion per year-one estimate is as high as $72 billion a year.
• Nearly 100,000 people die every year as a result of medication mistakes
• 3% of all hospital admissions are related to problems with medications
• 42% of the people questioned in a recent survey said either they or someone they knew had suffered because of a medication mistake