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malaya_zemlya
on Aug 5, 2023
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Mortality patterns for patients hospitalized durin...
My guess, they delay risky procedures until senior doctors get back from the conference
MattRix
on Aug 5, 2023
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This is not it, they were measuring 30-day mortality, not just mortality during the exact days of the conference.
JamisonM
on Aug 5, 2023
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Even with 30-day mortality this can be the case, heart patients I am sure do survive risky procedures and die two weeks later because of complications due to the procedure fairly regularly. (Not that I have an opinion on the root cause here.)
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