Re:Women Die More from Heart Attacks Than Men Unless ER Doc ...
by magicalist on Monday August 06, 2018 @09:05PM
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> That directly contradicts this
No, it just means in this study's data, there was no statistically significant signal that there was a difference between the groups treated by a male doctor vs a female doctor.
That doesn't mean there's not a difference in outcomes, just that one isn't suitably demonstrated by this data, but it's also a result over a completely different subset of the population than was looked at by the study in the GP's link (which was of hospitalized Medicare patients age 65 or over).
No, it just means in this study's data, there was no statistically significant signal that there was a difference between the groups treated by a male doctor vs a female doctor.
That doesn't mean there's not a difference in outcomes, just that one isn't suitably demonstrated by this data, but it's also a result over a completely different subset of the population than was looked at by the study in the GP's link (which was of hospitalized Medicare patients age 65 or over).