Will read the study, which is one of those that suggests more serious prospective work should look at this, but it...
Will read the study, which is one of those that suggests more serious prospective work should look at this, but it certainly jibes with my personal biases.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2172917-people-who-keep-seeing-the-same-doctor-have-lower-death-rates/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2172917-people-who-keep-seeing-the-same-doctor-have-lower-death-rates/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2172917-people-who-keep-seeing-the-same-doctor-have-lower-death-rates/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2172917-people-who-keep-seeing-the-same-doctor-have-lower-death-rates/
(nods nods) It'll be interesting how the individual trials in the group analysis which involved the American health care system, controlled for socioeconomic stability. After all, people who do not have stable health insurance or a stable living situation, also don't get to see a doctor - let alone the same doctor - stably.
ReplyDeleteIt's sort of along the same lines as the old health statistics joke that points out that people who have butlers tend to have lower mortality than people who don't...
Mine too, but ffs, headline writers, ain’t no group on this planet with a death rate below 100%. YET. Fix your phrasing, folks!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure why this would be a surprise. I mean, of course seeing the same doctor is going to lead to better outcomes. They gain an understanding of your individual profile that can't be expressed in a medical chart. Assuming you have a doctor who's at least competent, anyway. I suspect there are outliers, but I would group people by MD as well and cross reference group outcomes.
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