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Physician age and outcomes in elderly patients in hospital in the US: observational study

Objectives To investigate whether outcomes of patients who were admitted to hospital differ between those treated by younger and older physicians. Design Observational study. Setting US acute care hospitals. Participants 20% random sample of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged ≥65 admitted t...

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Autores principales: Tsugawa, Yusuke, Newhouse, Joseph P, Zaslavsky, Alan M, Blumenthal, Daniel M, Jena, Anupam B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5431772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28512089
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j1797