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TexasTowelie

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9. I believe that medical specialty & trauma level are going to influence those statistics.

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2023, 06:16 PM

Apr 2023

Was there any mention that the survey adjusted for these factors or was it raw data that did not take into account that fatalities are more likely for patients admitted into ER than for scheduled surgeries or that firearm wounds are more fatal than gall bladder surgeries? Without the proper context raw data is meaningless.

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You are 15-30% more likely to die if operated on by a male surgeon [View all] Cattledog Apr 2023 OP

Why? BigmanPigman Apr 2023 #1

It could be arrogance feeding carelessness Warpy Apr 2023 #13

Maybe male surgeons are hyper confident and have less empathy for female patients. Beakybird Apr 2023 #2

One female anaesthesiologist said that there is a very different feel in the room niyad Apr 2023 #10

It would be interesting to see how they did the calculation. There are far more male surgeons than napi21 Apr 2023 #3

please google and read, for example, the nyt article, which discussed and niyad Apr 2023 #7

I only have female doctors nt leftieNanner Apr 2023 #4

I just googled "male surgeon vs female surgeon outcomes". The results niyad Apr 2023 #5

There are endless ways that statistic could be misleading Shermann Apr 2023 #6

I'm always leary of these statistics done by analyzing other studies UniqueUserName Apr 2023 #8

I believe that medical specialty & trauma level are going to influence those statistics. TexasTowelie Apr 2023 #9

I wonder if that model controls for surgical specialty/type. David__77 Apr 2023 #11

Males try to wrap things up quickly to get to golf course. Silent Type Apr 2023 #12