Association between patient-surgeon gender concordance and mortality after surgery in the United States: retrospective observational study
Objective To determine whether patient-surgeon gender concordance is associated with mortality of patients after surgery in the United States. Design Retrospective observational study. Setting Acute care hospitals in the US. Participants 100% of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 65-99 years who had one of 14 major elective or non-elective (emergent or urgent) surgeries in 2016-19. Main outcome measures Mortality after surgery, defined as death within 30 days of the operation. Adjustmen...
United States Los Angeles Gregory Annenberg Weingarten University Of California International Classification Of Diseases Health Disparities
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