Re:Study Suggests Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of ...
by aidenn0 on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @09:17AM
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One example of how it can go wrong:
GP: This condition X is much worse than normal, so I'm going to refer you to Dr. A, the best I know in the field.
Aggregate enough of this and Dr. A has worse outcomes on paper for condition X than everybody else, since s/he gets the patients with the hardest to treat coming in.
GP: This condition X is much worse than normal, so I'm going to refer you to Dr. A, the best I know in the field.
Aggregate enough of this and Dr. A has worse outcomes on paper for condition X than everybody else, since s/he gets the patients with the hardest to treat coming in.