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Re:Elderly patients 23% more likely to die if surgery is on ... by Ensorceled on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @06:52AM (#25441527)
Where is the "one surgeon" sample size?
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Re:Elderly patients 23% more likely to die if surgery is on ... by soco on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @07:55AM (#25441937)
It's about the success of surgery on that surgeon's birthday, and calculating the implications of switching the surgery types etc etc, while in a real world situation you'd just use the other surgeon - which hopefully has another birthday. I agree there's gonna be some smaller effect even then, but less and less the more surgeons you have and the more randomly distributed their birthdays are.
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