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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 19 Dec 2016

    "Rates of death and re-admission were significantly lower when the patient’s doctor was female."https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/12/female-doctors-superiority/511034/ …

    8:51 AM - 19 Dec 2016
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      2. Oriol Andres Martin‏ @oandma 19 Dec 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        paging endogeneity taliban

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Amir Sariaslan‏ @AmirSariaslan 19 Dec 2016
        Replying to @oandma

        .@oandma Well... @paulgpic.twitter.com/FPzsy5B5J3

        2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      4. Oriol Andres Martin‏ @oandma 19 Dec 2016
        Replying to @AmirSariaslan @paulg

        still, there is a stretch between mortality rates and "superiority"

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Eddy Elmer‏ @Eddy_Elmer 19 Dec 2016
        Replying to @oandma @AmirSariaslan @paulg

        Wasn't exactly the best choice of words, which dissuaded me from retweeting the article, interesting as it is

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. (((TheTracker)))‏ @IdiotTracker 19 Dec 2016
        Replying to @paulg @SilverVVulpes

        Can't imagine that if you got dif results you would be reading about "the superiority of male doctors."

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Siberian Fox‏ @SilverVVulpes 19 Dec 2016
        Replying to @IdiotTracker @paulg

        media may treat it differently, but implication would seem the same to me: find out what they are doing and make the...

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Siberian Fox‏ @SilverVVulpes 19 Dec 2016
        Replying to @SilverVVulpes @IdiotTracker @paulg

        opposite sex imitate it. be it better female doctors, better male engineers, whatever.

        5 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. (((TheTracker)))‏ @IdiotTracker 19 Dec 2016
        Replying to @SilverVVulpes @paulg

        You also have to considered "Jackie Robinson effect": are female hospitalists better bc they had to be?

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Siberian Fox‏ @SilverVVulpes 19 Dec 2016
        Replying to @IdiotTracker @paulg

        that would be the "sad" reason if causal. among others, hard to force male doctors to "be better" :^p

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. (((TheTracker)))‏ @IdiotTracker 19 Dec 2016
        Replying to @SilverVVulpes @paulg

        Exactly. Best case is we learn fr female physicians, worst is dif is either not real or not smthg we can replicate.

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      1. Kevin Daly‏ @KevDaly 19 Dec 2016
        Replying to @paulg @starsandrobots

        Personally I think it's a waste of time readmitting dead people.

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      1. (((TheTracker)))‏ @IdiotTracker 19 Dec 2016
        Replying to @paulg @SilverVVulpes

        Classic example of a sci ignorant journalist who takes an interesting result and extrapolates manically.

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      1. Hasan M‏ @Hasmanean 19 Dec 2016
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        How many people do mothers save when they get sick, even if they aren't doctors?

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      1. Mike Alatortsev‏ @iTrendTV 19 Dec 2016
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        we've done predictive modeling on readmissions, and doctor's gender was never one of the variables... makes me wonder

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      1. Vasu‏ @vasusrini 19 Dec 2016
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        if all physicians were female, 32,000 fewer Americans would die every year https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/12/female-doctors-superiority/511034/ … via @paulg

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      1. mike lennard‏ @mike_lennard 19 Dec 2016
        Replying to @paulg @TheAtlantic

        fake news

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      1. Michael frank lewis‏ @Michaelfrankle3 19 Dec 2016
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        @michaelfrankle3

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      1. Will Sacks‏ @willsacks 19 Dec 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        male pride mixes poorly with medicine

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      1. joannes‏ @jan359180 19 Dec 2016
        Replying to @paulg @TheAtlantic

        and the reason is care instead of ........

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