@Atul_Gawande @RCSnews my guess: represents general surgeons, so they are not including the surgeries of ophthalmologists and ob/gyns
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@Atul_Gawande you're right. i'm looking at data from a dutch hospital over 2.5 year period. 4850 cataracts, 2850 hernias. 1200 c-sections.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande agree, here is a population-based look at the most common procedures in Ontario, Canada http://www.cmajopen.ca/content/3/3/E310/F2.expansion.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Cataract number one in Scotland, with 40k per yr. 16k c-sections. https://isdscotland.scot.nhs.uk/Health-Topics/Hospital-Care/Publications/2014-09-30/IP_DC_OP_Procedures_Sep14.xls …
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@Atul_Gawande It's who is doing this thing called surgery. Their list: surgery done by "Surgeons". Everyone else's: surgery done by anybodyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@RCSnews I agree. What was i/e criteria?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@RCSnews Might just be with the surgeons registered with the RCS, in the UK we have our own arcane system of royal colleges...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande Would tend to agree re cataract surgery (? an in-patient list) but c-section maybe less common here than in USAThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande maybe the rates are age-adjusted or restricted to a certain age-group? Still, cataracts are way more common..Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@RCSnews C Section is definitely high on the list.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande That's what I was taught by the ophthalmology folk in med school..Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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