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Study links female physicians to lower death rates in hospital patients
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 with acute medical conditions — including heart failure, heart attack, atrial fibrillation, COPD, pneumonia, stroke and gastrointestinal bleeding — found that patients treated by female physicians had better outcomes. The findings are being widely shared and discussed, adding to earlier research suggesting differences in treatment approaches and patient survival between male and female doctors.
Why now: The large scale and long duration of the study make its finding about physician sex and patient survival striking and relevant to ongoing debates in medicine.
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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 · 281
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