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270. Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis

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How Much Experience Does My Doctor Have?

Hospitalists are internal medicine doctors who focus on hospital base care. Patients more or less end up getting quasi randomized to physicians with different characteristics. If you happen to be treated by a doctor who is ten years or 15 years out of resence, your mortality within 30 days of being hospitalized is higher.

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