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Age and sex of surgeons and mortality of older surgical patients: observational study

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether patients’ mortality differs according to the age and sex of surgeons. DESIGN: Observational study. SETTING: US acute care hospitals. PARTICIPANTS: 100% of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 65-99 years who underwent one of 20 major non-elective surgeries be...

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Autores principales: Tsugawa, Yusuke, Jena, Anupam B, Orav, E John, Blumenthal, Daniel M, Tsai, Thomas C, Mehtsun, Winta T, Jha, Ashish K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5915700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29695473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k1343