[SPAM: 3.000] Patients worse off with more-experienced docs?
In a study that flies in the face of common sense, sicker patients
turned out to fare worse under the care of seasoned doctors than when
newcomers to medicine looked after them.
Hi all
Did the study control for case-mix? Maybe the more experienced doctors
treated the more complex presenting conditions and patients, hence not
a surprising result.
cheers
Ray
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[SPAM: 3.000] Patients worse off with more-experienced docs? In
a study that flies in the face of common sense, sicker patients turned
out to fare worse under the care of seasoned doctors than when
newcomers to medicine looked after them.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/15/us-patients-worse-off-idUSTRE76E62T20110715
According to findings in the American Journal of Medicine, patients
whose
doctors had practiced for at least 20 years stayed longer in the
hospital and
were more likely to die compared to those whose doctors got their
medical
license in the past five years.
no doubt this raises serious questions and supports the evidence based
approach
and the need for doctors to remain seasoned and in touch with not just
the needs
of the patient but the updated science.
Best,
Paul E. Alexander
