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JAMA Internal Medicine· 2016Q1

Comparison of Hospital Mortality and Readmission Rates for Medicare Patients Treated by Male vs Female Physicians

Yusuke Tsugawa, Anupam B. Jena, José F. Figueroa, E. John Orav et al.

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Elderly Medicare patients treated by female internists experienced lower 30-day mortality (11.07% vs 11.49%) and readmission rates (15.02% vs 15.57%) compared to those treated by male internists.

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