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Female doctors linked to better outcomes in major hospital study
Original: A 14-year-long retrospective cohort study of almost 960,000 hospital inpatients with acute medical conditions (congestiv
A 14-year retrospective cohort study covering nearly 960,000 hospital inpatients found that patients admitted with acute conditions such as heart failure, heart attack, atrial fibrillation, COPD, pneumonia, stroke and gastrointestinal bleeding fared better when treated by female physicians. The findings add to a growing body of evidence suggesting differences in patient outcomes by physician sex, and are prompting fresh debate about how and why such gaps arise.
Why now: A large new study suggesting patient survival differs by physician sex challenges assumptions and fuels debate about medical practice and training
female physicianshospital inpatientsacute medical patients
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- A 14-year-long retrospective cohort study of almost 960,000 hospital inpatients with acute medical conditions (congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, COPD, pneumonia, stroke, and GI tract bleeding) found that those who were treated by female… · rdnielsen@floss.social · 274
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