Patients more likely to die when treated by doctor over 60

[FakeNews]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — If you could choose your doctor, would you prefer youth or experience? You might pick the fresh-faced physician if you consider that patients in hospital settings are more likely to die when treated by doctors who are at least 60 years old, according to a recent study.

Researchers at Harvard wanted to know how well physicians perform as they age. They looked at the records of 730,000 Medicare patients treated between 2011 and 2014 by more than 18,800 hospital-based internists (hospitalists).

Patient deaths rose gradually as physicians aged, but the biggest gap —1.3 percentage points —showed up between hospitalists 40 and younger and those 60 and older. This means one additional death for every 77 patients admitted by a doctor who is 60 or older versus a doctor who is 40 or younger.

https://www.studyfinds.org/doctors-age-death-risk/

 

[sweepthefloor]

it's not about the age, surely it is a combination of factors: the setting, the type of institution, the actual patient situation.

 

[Comshaw]

it's not about the age, surely it is a combination of factors: the setting, the type of institution, the actual patient situation.

Oh come on! Logical thought? Please!





Comshaw

 

[Tigersman]

Sometimes it's all about the doctor. Some doctors have a God complex which puts the patient at risk. These doctors feel they know everything so they let what could be a serious condition slide, scaring the patient.

 

[Adder4321]

Sometimes it's all about the doctor. Some doctors have a God complex which puts the patient at risk. These doctors feel they know everything so they let what could be a serious condition slide, scaring the patient.

There was a doctor who used to work somewhere in Queensland, Australia who was so awful and killed so many people that nurses used to hide patients from him to try and save them. It turns out he was called Jayant Patel and was appointed as Director of Surgery despite having no qualifications, thus leading to dozens of botched surgeries.