BMJ : British medical journal
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Observational Study
Age and sex of surgeons and mortality of older surgical patients: observational study.
Patient post-operative mortality was lowest for those treated by older surgeons.
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Observational Study
Physicians' political preferences and the delivery of end of life care in the United States: retrospective observational study.
To compare the delivery of end of life care given to US Medicare beneficiaries in hospital by internal medicine physicians with Republican versus Democrat political affiliations. ⋯ This study provided no evidence that physician political affiliation is associated with the intensity of end of life care received by patients in hospital. Other treatments for politically polarised healthcare issues should be investigated.