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70. Why Are There Still So Few Female Surgeons?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Surgeries Are Difficult, They're Complicated, They Can Happen

A female surgeon who has a bad outcome, she herself experiences a decline in referrals. How big is that in terms of, let's say, their billings or revenue? Is it like a substantive chunk? A woman gets about 0.25 fewer referrals in the quarter after a bad event occurs relative to the quarter before. But keep in mind that in this data set, I'm only seeing them getting about one to two referrals per quarter.

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