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Re:Elderly Cared For By Female Doctors Fare Better Than Thos... by sp332 on Monday December 19, 2016 @01:35PM (#13213727)
They only looked at hospital visits, which they assume are pretty randomly distributed based on the physicians' work schedules. The patients don't get to pick their doctors in that case.
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Re:Elderly Cared For By Female Doctors Fare Better Than Thos... by nerfhammer on Monday December 19, 2016 @02:24PM (#13214214)
Is there a relationship between shifts, gender, and mortality? E.g. more male doctors take more night shifts and night shifts have higher mortality
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