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Patient mortality after surgery on the surgeon’s birthday: observational study – The BMJ
Objective To determine whether patient mortality after surgery differs between surgeries performed on surgeons’ birthdays compared with other days of the year.Design…
Abstract
Objective To determine whether patient mortality after surgery differs between surgeries performed on surgeons birthdays compared with other days of the year.
Design Retrospective observational study.
Setting US acute care and critical access hospitals.
Participants 100% fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 to 99 years who underwent one of 17 common emergency surgical procedures in 2011-14.
Main outcome measures Patient postoperative 30 day mortality, defined as death within 30…
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